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Linux back at 4.04% on the Desktop. Windows went below 73% (gs.statcounter.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Magnolia_@lemmy.ca to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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It peaked at 4.05% in March. The last 2 months it went just below 4% as the Unknown category increased. For June the reverse happened, so 4.04% seems to be the real current share of Linux on Desktop as desktop clients were read properly/werent spoofed.

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[–] ComplexLotus@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (11 children)

Windows 11: Add advertisement to the start menu, add remote Artificial intelligence to your daily live. Require new CPUs and motherboards / hardware, ignoring the market for old computers.

What will they do next?

More advertisement.
More features that require an always on internet connection?
Forced restart for software updates

This is why I expect Linux share to slowly increase until the old computers die and you will not be allowed to choose to boot another operating system besides Windows on your Microsoft-Copilot+ PC that would be your only option.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Must always be online
Cost is now $9.99 per month (free with commercial breaks. For now of course.)
Everything is stored online (60GB free, $5.99/month to up it to 199GB, $49/m for 400GB).

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[–] jimmy90@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (5 children)

why do we negate chromeos we are 10% at least so there we really are

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[–] tombruzzo@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

OK, who did you guys bully over basic tech support questions?

[–] lunachocken@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

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[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

This is probably a good place to ask, but when ditching windows for Linux, what's a good distro to go with? Preferably one that has a good WINE interface.

[–] EndHD@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I've seen a lot of people move to Mint or Pop_OS or Kubuntu. They're Debian based so updates are pretty stable.

I personally ended up with EndeavourOS using the KDE desktop environment. I have a steam deck, so this felt very similar to me. This is Arch based so sometimes updates break things, but I've had more success here.

Also remember that no distro is problem-free, but neither was Windows. The longer you commit, the easier it gets.

EDIT: If you're hesitant to fully commit at first, I also recommend dual booting with Windows. Over time you'll use it less and less until one day you feel like reclaiming the disk space.

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[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

uMatrix prevents me from loading this statcounter website. :-( Can't lookup how they measure things. In the comments people assume the stats would be counted by just looking up the user agent, which is a naive approach. I don't think agencies dedicated to stats are doing it this simple. They have way more possibilities to track and to look what browser you are using. The stats are more accurate than you probably think. They do not need to know the exact version of browser you are using, just which type and maybe what operating system you are on.

If a script for Windows does not work on Linux and fails, then they know you are not on Windows in example.

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