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Windows has 68% desktop market share vs. 3% Linux[1] Hackernews User: Windows is dead [1] https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-has-over-3-of-the-desktop-market

• kibwen 3y ago
  Windows is certainly dead to me. Grew up using Windows, bounced off of desktop Linux a decade or more ago, then eventually got fed up with the increasing ad infestation as Windows enshittified and realized the desktop Linux is lovely and usable nowadays (and the Steam Deck exists for any games I want to play). I'd sooner give up on computers entirely than go back to Windows, unless they drastically change course and remove all ads from the product, permanently.
  • 20after4 3y ago
    I haven't used windows since 2013 and I haven't ever looked back. Don't miss it one bit. I used MacOS for a while and then went fully Linux by 2015. The world is getting worse every day but at least my desktop OS isn't.
• DanHulton 3y ago
  Parent is not talking about market share, they're talking about utility. The utility in using Windows over the alternatives is none, they're saying. And you could argue that, if you wanted. But pretending they were talking about market share and then using it as a "lol HN" generalization is disingenuous, at best.
  • AniseAbyss 3y ago
    [dead]