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Do we have usage stats for WSL? I did a quick google search and the only thing I found was a laughably biased article claiming only around 150k people used WSL1
by suby 6y ago
Do we have usage stats for WSL? I did a quick google search and the only thing I found was a laughably biased article claiming only around 150k people used WSL1. Just because Windows has a much larger userbase does not mean that WSL is seeing a lot of usage. It's very possible (and in my estimation likely) that the numbers are not even close.
- colesantiago 6y agoLinux on the desktop numbers please? It's been known for "pure/native" Linux users to chant this phrase, yet it seems that Windows has achieved this. I will see in the future lots of tutorials, guides, software, company support, etc covering not just your regular Linux but also WSL, since it's much easier to access rather than installing yet another Linux distro directly on hardware just to try Linux software.
- suby 6y agoWait, what has Windows achieved? My point was that you can't claim the 100 million+ Windows userbase as being the largest Linux distribution, because almost none of those people (proportionally) are actually using WSL. I don't think we have the usage numbers for WSL. I don't think we have the usage numbers for Linux desktop either. I personally would be surprised if WSL was the largest Linux distro, but either way it's not a claim one can make because we don't have the numbers.
- colesantiago 6y ago> Wait, what has Windows achieved? It has achieved Linux on the Windows desktop without dual booting, all unified, download whatever distro you want.
- Gibbon1 6y agoWe used to use Virtual Box but Oracle.... our company wants to never have any Oracle products on any of our stuff. AT least with wsl we don't need to worry about that.