Another month down according to Statcounter at least, Linux on the desktop is doing better than ever. Take it with your usual little pinch of salt like any survey sampling though.
  • Shin@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Didn’t we also just break 3% last year, or am I mistaken? Either way, awesome news for the FOSS community.

    • didnt_readit@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      8 months ago

      Yep and it seems to line up with the rise of the Steam Deck and all the discussion around how viable gaming on Linux is these days. I think there were/are a LOT of people that only stick with Windows due to gaming. Hopefully as gaming support continues to improve on Linux more of those people will make the switch.

      • Shin@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        8 months ago

        I don’t even think much when running games anymore. Even DRM-free games I get from Gog I can just click on and run with Wine most of the time. It’s so awesome.

        • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          8 months ago

          Same.

          I only have a handful of games I cant play, and thats due entirely to their shitty choice of DRM… and thats not a big detriment cause that obscene DRM would have kept me away on Windows, anyway.

          • Crozekiel@lemmy.zipEnglish
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            8 months ago

            Same here. The games with rootkit and invasive spyware anti-cheat don’t work, but I avoided those games like the plague on windows already so this just makes it easier for me to avoid. That shit doesn’t work anyway, it just makes people not automatically jump to accusing people of cheating when they get owned…