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I didn't see the actual report, but from the numbers presented, it seems that Windows+Mac has dropped from 99% to 89% in that timeframe. The source seems very

I didn't see the actual report, but from the numbers presented, it seems that Windows+Mac has dropped from 99% to 89% in that timeframe. The source seems very ropy though, "our own data presentation". Great, what's the source of that. A poorly written press release too -- "That translates to a 93% gain in that time or an average of roughly 1% per year." Mixing relative gain (7 percentage points in 9 years or "1% per year") and absolute gain (93%).

zamalek 4y ago
> Windows+Mac has dropped from 99% to 89% Hopefully the data is reliable. I used Windows for 20 years before switching to Linux (without dual boot) last year. My new employer mandates Mac for developers. My subsequent experiences have led to me conclude that both Windows and MacOS are utter garbage. Windows XP/7 was okay (certainly nowhere as good as the Linux desktop on 2022), everything since has been downhill. MacOS would be useless without the heroic efforts of the community (brew, nix-darwin, co/lima, etc.). Those community efforts are a second-class citizen and have unavoidable limitations. I also don't understand how Windows gets so much shit for updates, when people seem happy with MacOS taking 20-45min to update. Both are shit, to be clear (Silverblue takes 0sec/reboot time).
- arein3 4y ago
  I switched to linux once MacOs started sending telemetry abouy any move to the homebase. I love it (and sometimes hate it), and would certanly not go back to mac, however I miss the trackpad (three finger drag), the firewall checkbox to block all incoming connections and press space to see preview (that works in finder, and other apps, ex mail attachments). KDE has some features that are better than mac. For a developer linux is awesome. I think there is no other way other than linux. I loved macos but they utterly compromised themselves with the telemetry stuff.
  - runjake 4y ago
    You’re referring to Quick Look, which if I’m not mistaken is included with Dolphin on KDE. There are several options for GNOME, and it works by default on Pop!_OS.
    - blooalien 4y ago
      That "Quick Look" preview feature was one of the few things I really liked about the newer Mac OS X variants, but I cannot find anything in my KDE / Dolphin like that thus far. There is a feature easily enabled for hover tooltips with a document preview that I've found tho. Close enough, I guess…
lapcat 4y ago
The numbers in the article are very close to statcounter desktop OS market share numbers.

zamalek 4y ago

> Windows+Mac has dropped from 99% to 89% Hopefully the data is reliable. I used Windows for 20 years before switching to Linux (without dual boot) last year. My new employer mandates Mac for developers. My subsequent experiences have led to me conclude that both Windows and MacOS are utter garbage. Windows XP/7 was okay (certainly nowhere as good as the Linux desktop on 2022), everything since has been downhill. MacOS would be useless without the heroic efforts of the community (brew, nix-darwin, co/lima, etc.). Those community efforts are a second-class citizen and have unavoidable limitations. I also don't understand how Windows gets so much shit for updates, when people seem happy with MacOS taking 20-45min to update. Both are shit, to be clear (Silverblue takes 0sec/reboot time).

arein3 4y ago
I switched to linux once MacOs started sending telemetry abouy any move to the homebase. I love it (and sometimes hate it), and would certanly not go back to mac, however I miss the trackpad (three finger drag), the firewall checkbox to block all incoming connections and press space to see preview (that works in finder, and other apps, ex mail attachments). KDE has some features that are better than mac. For a developer linux is awesome. I think there is no other way other than linux. I loved macos but they utterly compromised themselves with the telemetry stuff.
- runjake 4y ago
  You’re referring to Quick Look, which if I’m not mistaken is included with Dolphin on KDE. There are several options for GNOME, and it works by default on Pop!_OS.
  - blooalien 4y ago
    That "Quick Look" preview feature was one of the few things I really liked about the newer Mac OS X variants, but I cannot find anything in my KDE / Dolphin like that thus far. There is a feature easily enabled for hover tooltips with a document preview that I've found tho. Close enough, I guess…

lapcat 4y ago

The numbers in the article are very close to statcounter desktop OS market share numbers.