Another fresh month and so we have the latest operating system market share details from Statcounter, and it's another impressive showing for Linux from August 2024.
  • M500@lemmy.mlEnglish
    33·
    1 year ago

    I’m not sure how true this is, but I read somewhere that when Mac got above 5% market share, it suddenly got a lot more mainstream support.

    I wonder if that means we’re are a year or two away from Linux as a mainstream option.

    I’d love to have an arm based Linux laptop with software support for one of my critical work apps.

    • IHave69XiBucks@lemmygrad.ml
      6·
      1 year ago

      im not sure how similar the situations are though since Mac OS is backed by Apple. Linux doesnt have a similarly massive company to back it up. I do think there is a number where companies will rush to support linux but idk if its as low as 5%.

    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      11·
      1 year ago

      One difference is that retail outlets can profit from Apple products. Linux isn’t a company that makes hardware.

      • M500@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        But you can but a Dell with Linux on it instead of windows.

  • Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works
    11·
    1 year ago

    I’d like to see a logarithmic version of this graph. Picking out a straight line in a log graph is easier than trying to discern an exponential. I want that juicy exponential.

  • qwestjest78@lemmy.ca
    62·
    1 year ago

    I would love to switch to Linux, but everytime I try to look at it seriously, I get overwhelmed by the choosing of distros and people saying its hard and complicated. I wish it was more clear cut where you should start. I used to think it was ubuntu, but then people shit on it. Then I thought it was Mint, then people shit on that. So on and so forth. Makes it hard to understand how to even approach it.

    • LeFantome@programming.dev
      7·
      1 year ago

      Mint would be a perfect distro to start with. Don’t listen to them—just download Mint. I don’t like Ubuntu but honestly it would be fine too. In other words, although it does matter, it does not matter as much as people say as long as you do not start with something to too hard to install.

    • Cyclohexane@lemmy.mlM
      5·
      1 year ago

      Please do not care about people shitting on popular distros. As a gentoo user myself, it’s as niche as it gets, but I will wholeheartedly recommend Ubuntu and mint.

    • Petter1@lemm.ee
      4·
      1 year ago

      People shit on any distro 😂 just get whatever works for you, differences aren’t that big, after all.

      I personally like the easy version of Arch (endeavourOS) and install stuff there only using yay in terminal (yay [name of program you nees])

    • mitrosus@discuss.tchncs.de
      4·
      1 year ago

      Don’t listen to people. Choose any distro that is newbie friendly. If you don’t choose, you are still choosing. The worst of your choices is probably better than what you are currently using.

    • xavier666@lemm.eeEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      I have a question for you, coming from a long time Linux user. How do you decide which car to buy? There are so many options, each have their own mileage, comfort, capabilities. Would you say it’s difficult buying a car?

    • GoodEye8@lemm.eeEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      If you come from Windows Mint is an excellent starting point. People shit on it because it doesn’t have all the fancy bells and whistles you get with more latest releases, but on the flip side it’s super reliable and as a new user that reliability is worth more than all the bells and whistles.