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>though Linux on the desktop sort of is similar to Firefox, getting less relevant by the year. It seems like Linux on desktop has never been more popular accor

>though Linux on the desktop sort of is similar to Firefox, getting less relevant by the year. It seems like Linux on desktop has never been more popular according to these sites: https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide/#monthly-201101-202105 https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide... https://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx https://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share... It's not surprising either, considering all of the ads and metrics collection Microsoft has added into windows recently.

pessimizer 5y ago
Yeah, desktop Linux isn't losing any (or gaining much) marketshare. Firefox went from having more than half the market to being a rounding error.
- akie 5y ago
  And we're all worse off because of it.
rhn_mk1 5y ago
Whether Linux on the desktop is relevant in general also depends on the relevance of the desktop itself. If you conclude that desktop is getting less relevant (as I think parent alluded to in the last paragraph), then its improvement within the segment doesn't need to be sufficient.
- pjmlp 5y ago
  When I plug my tablet or laptop into a docking station, it is a desktop. In what concerns Android and ChromeOS, it is as relevant as WSL on Windows for the regular consumer, specially on Android where it isn't part of public APIs.
danpattn 5y ago
I've been using Linux for 7 years. It has never been better than it is now and every year the alternatives look worse and worse. I honestly get sick every time I try to use Windows. The ads and dark patterns are glaringly apparent once you are used to Linux desktops.
- 6equj5 5y ago
  About 2 years for me, and it already feels like: https://youtu.be/tXLVXtAI46o?t=5 https://youtu.be/tXLVXtAI46o?t=5 The big green guy is the new Logitech software suite that I need to use to set the sidetone on my new headset, which asks you at install time whether you want to enable telemetry yet doesn't actually let you proceed until "yes" is checked, and which is completely redundant to yet distinct from the old suite (which new versions of the same headset model don't work with) and works less well. The other aliens are update pop-ups.

pessimizer 5y ago

Yeah, desktop Linux isn't losing any (or gaining much) marketshare. Firefox went from having more than half the market to being a rounding error.

akie 5y ago
And we're all worse off because of it.

rhn_mk1 5y ago

Whether Linux on the desktop is relevant in general also depends on the relevance of the desktop itself. If you conclude that desktop is getting less relevant (as I think parent alluded to in the last paragraph), then its improvement within the segment doesn't need to be sufficient.

pjmlp 5y ago
When I plug my tablet or laptop into a docking station, it is a desktop. In what concerns Android and ChromeOS, it is as relevant as WSL on Windows for the regular consumer, specially on Android where it isn't part of public APIs.

danpattn 5y ago

I've been using Linux for 7 years. It has never been better than it is now and every year the alternatives look worse and worse. I honestly get sick every time I try to use Windows. The ads and dark patterns are glaringly apparent once you are used to Linux desktops.

6equj5 5y ago
About 2 years for me, and it already feels like: https://youtu.be/tXLVXtAI46o?t=5 https://youtu.be/tXLVXtAI46o?t=5 The big green guy is the new Logitech software suite that I need to use to set the sidetone on my new headset, which asks you at install time whether you want to enable telemetry yet doesn't actually let you proceed until "yes" is checked, and which is completely redundant to yet distinct from the old suite (which new versions of the same headset model don't work with) and works less well. The other aliens are update pop-ups.