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Let's stop with the "Linux is not mainstream" please. The world's largest video game reseller's flagship device runs arch linux with a kde plasma desktop and se
by jcelerier 4y ago
Let's stop with the "Linux is not mainstream" please. The world's largest video game reseller's flagship device runs arch linux with a kde plasma desktop and sells like cupcakes - likely more than 1M units already. It doesn't get more "mainstream" than this.
- donmcronald 4y agoThere are over a billion Windows devices. That 1M might seem like a big number, but it’s 0.1%.
- ChuckNorris89 4y agoYou can't really bring a game console to the table as an argument for Linux popularity on the PC. That way BSD would be even more popular because it's shipped on every Play Station. Or whatever OS Nintendo uses on the Switch. Sure, the Linux kernel is on almost any smart device in the world making it the most popular, but in the PC/laptop space, its market share is still absolutely tiny (<3%).
- jcelerier 4y agoNo, the PS and Switch don't use a BSD userspace and even less a standard BSD desktop such as Lumina. On the other hand SteamOS leverages a standard desktop Linux stack - KDE Plasma, PipeWire, Mesa, Glibc .. exactly the same software that I have on my Arch Linux desktop's plasma session modulo a few patches to adapt to the hardware and form factor... https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/97450182/167292656-1679e007-4701-4a3c-89ee-2104b5eb12cd.png https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/97450182/167292656...