Here we go

There's never been a bad year for the Linux desktop. The share size doesn't matter. So, yes, it is the year of the Linux desktop in my book and it has been that way for decades.

Worldwide 3.77%

https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide

India 15.21%

https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/india

It's certainly the year of the Linux handheld!

I wonder what portion of that is steam decks.

Wow damn 4% holy shit.

That's honestly quite a lot, nice

As much as I hate to say it, I wonder how much of these are Chromebooks

I moved to Linux last year, but from a Mac so not sure how much I'm moving needles.

I switched to Ubuntu 22.04 on 2023-12-31. I had used a bunch of other distros back in 2008-2012, then got tired of manually tweaking things constantly. Things have come a long way and there are way more options to make things work. I don't have to spend hours on the CLI or reboot frequently.

So yeah, I'm going to stick with Ubuntu for a bit, then switch to something else.

The repo at the link doesn’t really explain where the data is from, does anyone know?

I'm trying my very best to love Linux but I'm having so much trouble with Mint.

I'm running a Mint vm on a proxmox to try it out and for some reason my back button and forward button on my mouse maps to the scroll wheel. The scroll wheel is mapped correctly. I installed Spice to improve performance and so far it's amazing, but the mouse is annoying.

If I run RDP, it works perfectly, but the lag is too annoying.

Does anyone here have suggestions? Thanks.

I switched to Linux last year so I'm doing my part

Wow, I was just going to ask if it was 2% a couple years ago, then checked the link. That is a really fast increase.

Really curious about all those "unknown". Solid piece out of everybody.

Where do they get their data?

Am I on Slashdot in 2004?

No shade. I respect my Linux brethren. I'm on MacOS, but CLI junkies should unite and drink beers. Or smoke trees. Or whatever. The point is that I love you all. But no Windows peeps.

2023 was the year of the Linux desktop.

1. Got Discord and Zoom off the store
2. Zoom screen and webcam sharing just worked
3. Was able to even switch Bluetooth profile through GUI
4. Essentially any game that didn't use a kernel level spyware works
5. Chromebook hardware in the $500 range is pretty good
6. Must software is web based.

I recommend OpenSuse Tumbleweed. Install once, update weekly or biweekly. (It's a rolling release, so it doesn't have major upgrades like Windows 10 to 11 does.) About a month ago I did an upgrade on my old laptop. Handled 2 years of updates flawlessly.

If profit and growth continue to be above all else, I don't see why it wouldn't gain a decent market share in the next couple of decades.

On the other hand, the Unix model of selling hardware to help pay for software development might breed a more competitive hardware space if there is a big enough user base.

I feel this is now being driven by the decline of desktops in general.

Every now and again I meet someone who somehow gets through life without a desktop.

I can understand someone who owns a Mac/Windows PC just binning it out of frustration and not buying another one. They are just life-sucking levels of horror at this point.

If you add chrome os which is Linux you even go over 5%

'Other' rising by 0.01%

Don't understand why these kind of Astroturfing-FUD / trolling posts get so much attention and engagement.

It's blatant at this point as to what's going on; it's best to ignore and move on.