Unfortunately, it seems like the main thing going on in that graph is the rise and fall of “Unknown”.
It could be people masking their agent string, which probably has a high Linux userbase.
Don’t mind of your neighbors. Rejoice of what’s being accomplished
Well, my point was that I’m not sure this is an entirely credible source.
2023 year of Linux HERE WE GO!
Og, this is it, finally! Let’s teach those windows goons a lesson! #Linux2023
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Gave up my windows boot and only use Linux since recently. I kept using Windows for gaming (although it means I used it 99% of the time as a result). But retried linux gaming with Proton and everything runs smoothly enough for me. From big games like SF6 to native games like POE, it’s such a pleasure to see that everything “just works” most of the time. I kept my W10 dual boot in case some specific game just cannot be handled by Linux.
With the switch to Lemmy and now a full switch to Linux, I’m glad I threw away all these adwares :-)
For games in Linux there is wine. same for some programs. I nuked windows from my PCs long ago, its secluded on a VM just in case.
I stopped checking protondb or winehq when buying a game. Games just work on Linux these days, and I assume by default that they will.
Exactly what I have done too.
Switched to Lemmy and to Linux Desktop.
Dual booting Windows 10 probably until it stops receiving security updates, then all in on Linux.
It sounds to me like a little excuse not going in all the way now. Hey, no offense here.
I also have a Windows partition, I exclusively use it for the AntiCheat games I already own. I now check in advance if it’s supported and otherwise just skip that game.
I’m still in the Early days of Linux and I had trouble twice with other distros before.
I think third time is the charm. Still I have been bitten before so I’m holding on to Windows for a while just to play it safe.
I am daily driving Linux though, I hardly use windows. But I need a working computer so I can always fall back to Windows if all else fails.
Ah, sounds reasonable.
I run Linux on all home computers, MacOS on work devices… if AMD’s 8x40 APU turns out about as good as it’s rumoured to be (efficiency-wise) I’ll probably try to get my company to get me a Framework laptop with that and then all will be well.
Anyway, I’m pretty sure Steam Deck is having an effect here. Not only do they seem to sell well on their own but people may get ideas when they see Linux-based device running games decently…
Could it dramatically rise after 2025 when Windows 10 reaches EOL?
There are millions and millions of very powerful computers unable to run windows 11 because the Microsoft marketing department decided so
Not likely. There has been plenty of opportunities, Windows Xp, Windows 7, etc - there was no dramatic rise.
Yes but almost any old PC made in the last two decades can be upgraded to windows 10. Even an athlon64 from 2003, can run it, if it has enough RAM. The same can’t be said for windows 11, which accepts only the newest processors
I honestly think it’s more likely they will continue to run Win 10, but without updates.
3.08 what? I think you forgot a unit there.
Celsius, my bad.
That’s hot.
Thanks for fixing it!
PCs are getting common devices in all houses: you start cracking software, then you buy a couple of them, in the end you look for opensource versions. That’s how it often goes. The same applies to operating systems
I tend to not believe these numbers: Do you really think 1 in every 33 people you know use Linux? I think this number is wishful thinking.
One in 33 is like one nerd in every school class. Sounds plausible to me.
