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I just transitioned to Linux. Fully removed windows.

I'm doing my part!

Proton is a big deal for the change. Think back 5 years ago and switching to Linux was much less approachable because you needed to be an enthusiast to get your games running. Nowadays, you just click download on the Linux Steam client and >90% of the time, it'll just work.

inb4 Linux users sweepingly get declared as criminals for some flimsy reason. There was some news of Facebook filtering out Linux content because it seemed harmful to them.

Thank you Pewdiepie!!

Just switched last month and I love it so far (:

Hopefully this surge in users make people want to develop for it a lot more and break more walls for others who are interested.

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Just made the full switch meself this past week!

At some point companies will be forced to accept that they're losing out on revenue by not releasing a linux version of their software.

Every year Linux fans:

👐 It's happening! 👐

Wow, that's excluding Chrome OS, which has 2.71% on it's own. So you could say Linux is at over 7%, but glad they split it so we know.

I made the switch recently for probably the strangest reason.

I’ve been running win 11 for over a year using a shell tool that allowed me to move my task bar to the top of the screen and some other win 10 functionality.

However win 11 removed the ability to move the task bar and my shell program lost most of its functionality. After that I was done.

I’ve Linux off and on since 2002ish so it’s not scary to me and I’m pretty happy with Arch and KDE right now. Still the occasional crash that appears to happen sometimes when watching YouTube.

I hopped on the Linux train when Microsoft began pushing hard for AI integration and Microsoft accounts. I fucking hate AI and I don't need some corpo cunt looking over my shoulder and taking notes while I use my computer.

Still far too low, considering that the US is now a police state.

I use arch btw

I'm doing my part! Switched to Linux earlier this year because Microsoft started showing ads in the start menu. I tried Nobara but ran into some glitches that I didn't want to troubleshoot so I switched to Bazzite. So far so good.

Woooo! Year of the linux desktop baby!!

• pumps fist in air*

Finally, the year of Desktop Linux. Twenty years after we were promised. And it's still a pittence, but I'll take it.

I'm on a Mac, only use Linux for server stuff, but the more people we can get off Windows, the better. Let's go!

Scoffs derisively at the new popular thing and switches to BSD...

Thanks, Gaben.

Great, but I don't think that graph is showing any particular spike, just a nice and gentle upward trend in share. The article also overlooks that there is a certain element of Windows and MacOS computers being replaced by tablets and phones, while Linux is already an enthusiast choice on the desktop, meaning it will be insulated somewhat and gain market share through attrition.

On the plus side, Steam and Proton and maturing DEs/distros and enshittification of Windows certainly make Linux a much more viable "normie" option than it's ever been. We're a far cry from the CD-ROM of Red Hat that came with my "Intro to Linux" book in 1999 but couldn't use my Winmodem or printer and really preferred to run XWindows in grayscale.

As pointed out on hackernews, this is likely attributed to (a) decrease in desktop usage by non-linux-users, and (b) the gaming hardware industry embracing linux (steam deck etc.)