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According to the Stack Overflow survey, Linux Desktop marketshare for developer has been growing constantly over the years. 23% in 2018's "primary desktop OS" q

by est31 6y ago

According to the Stack Overflow survey, Linux Desktop marketshare for developer has been growing constantly over the years. 23% in 2018's "primary desktop OS" question, 26% in 2019, 27% in 2020. Prior to that the question was asked differently, allowing multiple choices, but Linux was even lower back then. WSL was released in 2016 so much of this growth has happened while it was out. There might be some delay in the effects though, and maybe it would have been a much faster trend had it not been for WSL. https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2016#technology-desktop-operating-system https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2016#technology-de... https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2018#technology-_-developers-primary-operating-systems https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2018#technology-_-... https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2019#technology-_-developers-primary-operating-systems https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2019#technology-_-... https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2020#technology-developers-primary-operating-systems https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2020#technology-de...

patrec 6y ago
WSL2 came out (in non-preview version) last month and is a vital improvement. Windows Terminal is still pre-1.0 as is the CUDA and DirectX on Linux stuff. Then give it a bit of time to percolate through, technically and socially.
- Semaphor 6y ago
  > Windows Terminal is still pre-1.0 Windows Terminal 1.0 has been out for a bit, the current version is 1.0.1401.0 [0] [0]: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/releases/tag/v1.0.1401.0 https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/releases/tag/v1.0.1401...
  - aspenmayer 6y ago
    Do you know when it’s supposed to become default terminal? I thought I heard it was coming eventually.
    - Semaphor 6y ago
      Disclaimer: Hazy memory about this, take it with a heap of salt. I think there were being some problems with that. It is planned but still in the future, possibly only with another feature update.
  - toxik 6y ago
    I guess the writing’s on the wall now. The latest lines of Apple products have been all been disappointing to me: laptops and phones without ports, keyboards that break, silly gimmicks all about — and a smartwatch that I developed a skin rash from so bad I still have it now, four months after having stopped using the watch. CUDA was always the big thing for me, I use CUDA and develop with it — AMD and Apple have missed their shot on this, in an absolutely massive way. Alienate developers with centralized app stores and huge fees, then alienate researchers by picking a fight with the biggest name in the GPU industry while providing no alternative. Silly. I haven’t used Windows in years and it will be so so bittersweet the day I boot it up on a Dell laptop again.

by est31 6y ago

patrec 6y ago

WSL2 came out (in non-preview version) last month and is a vital improvement. Windows Terminal is still pre-1.0 as is the CUDA and DirectX on Linux stuff. Then give it a bit of time to percolate through, technically and socially.

Semaphor 6y ago
> Windows Terminal is still pre-1.0 Windows Terminal 1.0 has been out for a bit, the current version is 1.0.1401.0 [0] [0]: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/releases/tag/v1.0.1401.0 https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/releases/tag/v1.0.1401...
- aspenmayer 6y ago
  Do you know when it’s supposed to become default terminal? I thought I heard it was coming eventually.
  - Semaphor 6y ago
    Disclaimer: Hazy memory about this, take it with a heap of salt. I think there were being some problems with that. It is planned but still in the future, possibly only with another feature update.
- toxik 6y ago
  I guess the writing’s on the wall now. The latest lines of Apple products have been all been disappointing to me: laptops and phones without ports, keyboards that break, silly gimmicks all about — and a smartwatch that I developed a skin rash from so bad I still have it now, four months after having stopped using the watch. CUDA was always the big thing for me, I use CUDA and develop with it — AMD and Apple have missed their shot on this, in an absolutely massive way. Alienate developers with centralized app stores and huge fees, then alienate researchers by picking a fight with the biggest name in the GPU industry while providing no alternative. Silly. I haven’t used Windows in years and it will be so so bittersweet the day I boot it up on a Dell laptop again.