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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Linux has over 6% of the desktop market? Yes, you read that right - here's how (www.zdnet.com)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Cricket@lemmy.zip to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Clickbaity title on the original article, but I think this is the most important point to consider from it:

After getting to 1% in approximately 2011, it took about a decade to double that to 2%. The jump from 2% to 3% took just over two years, and 3% to 4% took less than a year.

Get the picture? The Linux desktop is growing, and it's growing fast.

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[–] eta@feddit.org 68 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Switch to BSD

[–] galoisghost@aussie.zone 38 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Pretty sure BSD is dying, Netcraft confirmed that like 30 years ago.

[–] Redex68@lemmy.world 45 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's why we need to switch to TempleOS

[–] logi@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Plan9 all the way!

[–] Matriks404@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Maybe it's dying, but it won't die in our lifetimes, so it's fine.

I am actually also thinking about creating customized version of OpenBSD as a side project.

[–] brown_guy45@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Is it any good

[–] eta@feddit.org 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I only installed it once for fun in a VM but didn't really use it. It's different to Linux but you could get used to it. As far as I know however the hardware that it properly runs on is quite limited, mainly older stuff. So I wouldn't recommend it as a daily driver but I would recommend to try it out.

[–] archy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I would definitely recommend OPNSense. The hardware support is quite good

[–] eta@feddit.org 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Can you use OPNsense for general things or is it tailored to one specific usecase?

[–] archy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

You can install packages on it, I'd say it's tailored to be a firewall/router