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This is the year of Linux on the Desktop!
by campground 1y ago
This is the year of Linux on the Desktop!
- platevoltage 1y agoI think the first thing Windows loses dominance in is Gaming, and that will be the beginning of the end. Are there still people who like using Windows?
- goku12 1y ago> Are there still people who like using Windows? You are assuming that everyone knows about or ever experienced the alternatives. Windows way is the only way for many.
- hedora 1y agoLinux is at 5% desktop market share this year, and I gave up on running windows games without steam a decade ago. On average my game library works much better under Linux than Windows (Mac is a distant third — probably worse than FreeBSD). Anyway, at 1 in 20, most people probably know someone that runs Linux.
- goku12 1y agoHave you considered the possibility that those 5% may be concentrated in certain markets, since it's mostly accounted by steamos?
- platevoltage 1y agoNo I'm not. I asked if anyone likes Windows. These people presumably have no opinion, it's just a means to an end. The closest thing I think you'll get is "I liked Windows 7" or something like that.
- goku12 1y agoThose replies corroborate my point, if you think about it. They would have had an opinion if they had seen the alternatives. They would at least wish that Microsoft stopped doing these annoying modifications. I would know, because I have a rather large circle of friends who use only Linux or BSD.