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Clickbaity title on the original article, but I think this is the most important point to consider from it:
After getting to 1% in approximately 2011, it took about a decade to double that to 2%. The jump from 2% to 3% took just over two years, and 3% to 4% took less than a year.
Get the picture? The Linux desktop is growing, and it's growing fast.
I tested Gnome and KDE Plasma5 in the last year. KDE Plasma is in my opinion the first DE which is comparable with Win/MacOS. It looks modern, is pretty much feature complete and as an average user its nice to have useful apps preinstalled (calculator, libreoffice, firefox and so on), but no bloatware.
Its just a bit more customizable than windows, which is perfect and also not fiddly and a pain. It certainly has a handful of quirks, like Windows does, but you get used to them.
If I have to set up elderly relatives with a computer, I'd strongly consider a KDE Plasma Desktop
Well as someone who's been using gnome since about 3.10 I might be able to explain my view: Before that I've used plasma and Unity and a whole lot of Mate but then I started using Gnome for a pretty and smooth experience right out of the Box. Now I've simply been using it for so long that it's muscle memory all the way. I don't agree with everything the gnome devs decide and I definitely am annoyed that I have to use extension for small things that should just be a toogle in the settings but I've realized some time ago that if I did switch to plasma I would use all the customizability to make it work like Gnome ... so I stay on Gnome.
I instinctively do that as well, on Windows, Cinnamon and Plasma and it didnt work on Gnome, Superkey opened the Startmenu but then typing didnt search. Thats what I wanted to ask, if I miss something obvious or if Gnome doesnt offer that feature out of the box.
Debian probably changed the Key for the Spotlight-like search.
SteamOS and Bazzite are certainly contributing among gamers, but there also seem to be a lot of casual users moving to Mint and pop!_os. I've seen quite a few people using them to extend the life of older hardware.
The 5% story was published yesterday. This new article from today says that they trust the government site figures more than StatCounter which was cited on yesterday's story.
I know! This article kind of addresses that with this line: "although we can't be certain of the exact numbers, Linux is clearly growing".
Interestingly enough, reading through again, the 6% figure is from US government sites, but the growth numbers in the line I quoted in the post is actually global. Here's the graph they're referring to:
I hadn't noticed that dip in 2025 until I looked at this graph more closely!
Yeah, unfortunate to rain in the parade but GNU/Linux definitely needs some attention sooner rather than later. Plenty of design benefits, but also plenty of pitfalls from an OS sec POV.
Average users aren't installing SELinux or Qubes so I hope no-one was actually going to reply with what Linux can do as opposed to the everyday user experience.
After getting to 1% in approximately 2011, it took about a decade to double that to 2%. The jump from 2% to 3% took just over two years, and 3% to 4% took less than a year.
I only installed it once for fun in a VM but didn't really use it. It's different to Linux but you could get used to it. As far as I know however the hardware that it properly runs on is quite limited, mainly older stuff. So I wouldn't recommend it as a daily driver but I would recommend to try it out.
But Norway's Linux spiked up to almost 30% in July 2024 as well. So I don't really trust these sites. My guess is that it's due to Tesla's web browser or something? Tesla is the most popular electric car brand in Norway: 77k Model Y and 50k Model 3 are registered, and the only model with higher numbers is the Nissan Leaf with 81k, but that'll be taken over very shortly (so far in 2025, there have been over 11k Model Y registrations, with the next runner-up being the Toyota BZ4X with 4,6k)
There's an uptick in 'Unknown' (currently at 26%).
Linux adoption might have slowed down because India - US relations have improved since then, because Trump can be distracted by promising him trade deals. Of course the deal he wants (giving US agri companies access to the Indian market) will face opposition from farmers' unions, so I'm not sure what the govt's long-term plan is.
One good thing is that when a govt dept switches to Linux, it sort of sticks. And govt contracts are very profitable, so we'll likely see greater interest from both hardware and software companies.
A king once summoned a wise man who had done him a great service and said, “Name your reward.” The wise man replied, “Your Majesty, I ask for a simple thing. Give me one percent Linux desktop market share for the first square of the chessboard, two percent for the second square, four percent for the third square, and so on, doubling the amount for each of the 64 squares.” The king, thinking this was a modest request, said, “Surely you jest! Such a small reward for such a great service? Ask for gold, land, or jewels instead.” But the wise man insisted, and the king agreed. The king ordered his treasurer to calculate the total. Starting with 1% for the first square, 2% for the second, 4% for the third, 8% for the fourth… by the time they reached the tenth square, they needed 512% of the desktop market. The treasurer, pale with realization, informed the king that by the 64th square, they would need more market share than could possibly exist in the entire universe of computing devices. The king then understood that what seemed like a humble request was actually impossible to fulfill, and he gained a new respect for the power of exponential growth.
KDE Plasma is so good, I love it. But I think that Cinnamon (the default environment for Linux Mint) is also super user-friendly.
There's no good excuse not to use Linux in 2025 if you're a home user. Except maybe if you rely on some software such as SharePoint, the Adobe or the Serif Affinity suites.
If you game Cachyos (just installs everything relevant for you, coming to linux itll help you figure out whats commonly used), endeavoros if you wanna set up arch quickly, grab stuff for yourself and build your own desktop, bazzite if you game and are scared to break shit, idk if I would reccomend ubuntu just because I don't like snaps or the snap store, just comparing it to flathub, flathubs missing a few games/apps like rexuiz but nothing important.
Bazaar is pretty nice to use (new bazzite default), one thing I disliked coming to linux was lack of gui download manager and progress in the appstores, tried them all and hated them, while Bazaar feels great and comparing the search to others it actually works, like if I search fps all the fps games pop up, while on others maybe one or two that have it in the title.
I think ppl get terminal anxiety but thats less and less of an issue, like you don't need to ever touch it because of stuff like octopi, software/discover/bazaar,etc. I remember just getting anxious thinking id forget a command I really need to remember and I wouldn't have internet axis and id be fked (not an issue lol)
The key point is that Europe's governments are ditching MS one by one. One of the state governments of India, that of Kerala, is also fostering a local chapter for open source and Linux.
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At the request of the U.S. Attorney, Reddick, Boseman and Lockhart investigate the death of Jeffrey Epstein and examine the conspiracies relating to his life. Liz, Marissa and team toil between the evidence that it was a suicide, or a murder. Ultimately, it is the perfect example of Memo 618 in action. The name partners realize their overseer at STR Laurie is one step ahead.
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Dozens of urban areas are set to benefit from a £15.5 million investment to support the creation or improvement of green spaces, streets and neighbourhoods.
"Torrential rains in Pakistan's Punjab province have killed at least 63 people and injured 290 in the 24 hours since downpours started on Wednesday morning.
Most of the victims were crushed by collapsing buildings, while the rest either drowned or were electrocuted, according to the National Disaster Management Authority."
I'll never get used to the way I'm watching my own government and its allies support the most nightmarish shit I've ever seen in my life every single day in the middle east and yet people keep trying to convince me to be really fearful and hateful toward Muslims.
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chat my oven went binted and killed my frozen pizza i'm pretty sure the broil relay got stuck on again, but i don't know how, it never should have activated in the first place. i think i'm just gonna disconnect the broiler element cause i never use it.
@DemonSixOne Amana it happened once before a few years ago and i found the broil relay on the board and gave it a gentle whack, that fixed it if it needs a new control board, idk, depends how quick i can get one. if it's on the slow boat from china, it's going straight to the scrapyard and whatever range is in stock is following me home.
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it just occurred to me how anomalous a new season of this is. the whole point of P&S is the japs looking at western animation and amplifying that style in their own way, but what cartoon looks like this anymore? when the first season aired you had Phineas and Ferb, Ben 10, MLP, Generator Rex, and Earth's Mightiest Heroes all airing; what big cartoons are even airing right now? the dog Chuck is an Invader Zim reference, now an ancient cartoon by modern standards. just weird to think about. RT: wolfgirl.bar/objects/9a1346e8-…
So, the Mark of the Agarashi has been talking to me this entire time, giving me advice, but it turns out the mark is actually connected to this dude named Abraa'xnathor, who now expects me to return the favor? The American Huntress reciprocates no good deeds, prepare to die!
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Naar has arrived, and with Him, the end of reality itself. So, it's Flashpoint time, baby. Also, it turns out the Bog Witch is a lying bitch and didn't tell me my true name. However, thanks to divine intervention from God/Jonathan Stark, I have gained this knowledge and am still able to enter the confluence, continuing my quest to save the world.
In Vassagonia there is a saying: "Two things surely will curse you: the keeping of a secret and the seeking of a secret". In your case, you are doubly cursed, for the secret you seek is your own.
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Chile: Brotherly Words from Prison, Before the Trial Against Aldo and Lucas Hernández
(Chile) Brotherly words from prison, before the trial against Aldo and Lucas Hernández
Words by Francisco Solar
To greet comrades Aldo and Lucas Hernandez in this difficult stage of the trial against them is, once again, to validate the insurrectional action. It is to support and understand the necessity of the forceful action for which Aldo is accused. An action that, by the way, shook the daily life inside this prison. An action that, like few others, made solidarity be felt in all its breadth.
The judicial spectacle is prepared, the anti-anarchist Prosecutor already has all his cards ready to return to condemn anarchists of action to harsh sentences, however, in the face of this adverse panorama, they will find themselves with dignified and whole comrades assumed in a life of combat as they have well demonstrated during these years of confinement. Aldo’s situation has been complicated by being classified and locked up, these last months, in a maximum security module where it is not clear when he will be able to get out.
All the strength for Aldo and Lucas with the certainty that no sentence is eternal and knowing that every action is worth it.
Aldo and Lucas to the streets!
Let the prisons explode!
Francisco Solar
La Gonzalina Prison – Rancagua
June 2025
Words by Joaquín García
Before the beginning of the trial against comrades Aldo and Lucas;
In the next few days a new theater of Power will begin: two comrades will begin the final stage of the judicial inquisition, the last media feast; after this, nothing is public….
I know, it is clear to me, that they will face this stage with all the solidity that characterizes them, firm in their convictions, as they have shown in and out of jail, in word and action.
In times when news, ideas and initiatives seem to have a superfluous, instantaneous and innocuous character, you have given a lesson of fortitude and antagonistic solidarity, you are and have been truly comrades to count on, who could doubt your commitment? How many others have put their will at the disposal of solidarity? Or of vengeance?
They are exceptional compañeros! And that is a treasure that will always accompany them.
Joaquin Garcia
July 2025
Words of Juan Aliste
I write from real affection, outside of the slogan, since your actions are in themselves an account of your imprint as comrades in solidarity and anarchists of action.
There where you crossed the bridge of no return of subversion, fusing thought/reflection with action. In this walk, hearts meet in an untamed beat of complicity and complicity that is proof against walls, oppression and death.
I know they have the pulse of the enemy they face, I reaffirm and salute their strength and integrity in this situation of juridical shit.
Today it is your turn to continue being what you are with the brightness of your antagonistic look, the tenderness towards your own and the fertile fist of resistance.
Brothers, with conviction and fighters who will know how to sustain the political tuck-in of those who hold power!
May this unwanted transit through prison and the dictates of the mercenaries of power not cloud for a second the conviction of their lives.
The complicit embrace reaffirms that neither walls, oppression or death reach the fiber of our hearts?
Memory, resistance and subversion!
Juan Aliste Vega. Subversive prisoner Prison Rancagua. July 2025.
Words by Marcelo Villarroel
IN THE FACE OF THE TRIAL OF ALDO AND LUCAS HERNÁNDEZ WORDS OF INSURRECTIONAL SOLIDARITY WITH THE KOMPAÑERXS.
Always on the side of those who fight against Power and all Authority.
Solidarity among Insurrectionists is komplicity in the daily struggle for the total destruction of the prison society.
Solidarity among anti-authoritarians is the sharing of ideas and practices that have been maintained over time in this long march of Offensive Resistance for Total Liberation and that legitimize self-defense as essential in this winding road of struggle for the total transformation of the reality in which we live and resist without anything stopping us. Aldo and Lucas Hernandez will be judged and condemned by the democratic inkisition of capital. Beyond the facts that they are accused of here what is intended to be judged is the black thread of anarkia. It is the thought and the subversive praxis of an antiauthoritarian konvixion that does not stop, that is still alive and surely nothing and nobody will ever be able to extinguish it. A strong cry of call for Active Solidarity and Insurrectionary Complicity with the comrades Aldo and Lucas!!!
Make ideas a real threat!
Aldo and Lucas Hernandez to the street!
As long as there is misery there will be rebellion!!!!
Marcelo Villarroel Sepúlveda
La Gonzalina Rancagua Prison
Words by Tomás González
Prison is a sub-world where many get lost, but this is only the consequence of our actions. It is important to have the clear notion that once you have taken the path there is no turning back. Here we do not play at being a revolutionary, here our lives go happily as we give ourselves body and soul to strike against the tyrannical and oppressive enemy of our people and popular people. Prison is only a method and silent tool of the state to break the will of the people, but the conscience is never silent and that keeps us unbreakable in the face of any attempt of the miserable gears of this oppressive force. In this intramural walk where many looks have been almost a home based on the complicity and unique spark that scream freedom, I have met some beautiful comrades among them Lucas and Aldo who are about to face another process within a larger one, they keep their heads up ready to continue opening the way as many of us who remain prisoners making these filthy walls one more trench of war and thus move forward without stopping.
I want to leave these brief words as a way of complicity with all the prisoners and their families who resist inside and outside the prisons, to all the subversive comrades, anarchists, nihilists and rebels.
No dungeon, nor any of its guards will be able to put an end to our spirit that spreads like water in its channel, nourishing life itself.
Our weapons thirsty for popular justice claim our hands to aim them and occupy them against the defenders of misery.
Aldo and Lucas to the streets.
Tomás González Quezada.
Subversive prisoner.
Ex-Penitentiary.
Words from José Cáceres
I would like to begin by greeting all the comrades deprived of liberty in the different prisons throughout the country, to all of them my warmest greetings along with my respect to each one of them for bearing with dignity the unworthy, cruel, unjust and increasingly barbaric prison system to which we have been unjustly subjected.
On repeated occasions we cry out for justice, indeed we demand it, but have we ever thought to whom we demand it?
Yes… no more and no less than to those who throughout time and history have committed the greatest atrocities, human massacres, extermination of peoples, coup d’états, wars, colonization of “savage” peoples to “civilize” them, all this to increase their economic and territorial power and thus be able to have control over the rest of the people. All these actions have their consequences thousands of dead, disappeared, irreparable damages to our nuke mapu and its mongüeil itrofil.
All this supported and endorsed by laws that the kapitalist system through its various faithful dogs, its governments and institutions leave it unpunished, letting it be seen in the light as an act done in the name of science, technology or in the name of god
The bases of this system will be in charge of sentencing our comrades Aldo and Lucas, those who know them can attest to the drive, courage, bravery and conviction of these comrades, qualities that lead them to be today facing unjust accusations, which in practice, if they are real, could only be called popular justice.
Compañeras and compañeros, difficult times are coming for Aldo and Lucas. The enemy is vengeful, we must not forget it, the territory they are going through is difficult, we must be more present than ever, especially in this coming stage.
Comrades Aldo and Lucas all my newen for you, a strong hug and a cordial greeting for your family and loved ones.
Let’s stop surviving and accept the challenge of living, living with all that it entails, there is no justice for the people unless we do it ourselves.
Against the tightening of prison control, solidarity and action!!!!
Freedom for Aldo and Lucas!!!
Freedom for Milan and Tomás PP 6 de Julio!!!!!
Freedom for all subversive, anarchist and mapuche political prisoners!!!!!
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My husband just informed me that the “other guys” apparently are planning soon to release an exposee [sp] of his prior Epstein ties, which might include the possible fact (?) that Epstein introduced Trump to Melania.
At the very least, this would be a major PR headache.
At most, this would quickly lead to a new Trump Impeachment crusade.
there's no need to worry about a Trump impeachment because the GOP is terrified of his fanatical base that won't break with him on anything, ever.
Although hypothetically if Trump were to adopt a position that only 4% of Republicans is happy with, and 3% of Americans, and if he spend a week raging out at his supporters and saying he doesn't even want their support anymore, then some funny things could happen.
> his fanatical base that won't break with him on anything, ever
Don't know about this. I think his base is fracturing.
Trump was elected for one reason: as a middle finger to the establishment. He was the anti-swamp and people were OK with all of his imperfections as long as he represented the common man's distain for the establishment.
> poll showed Republicans divided, with 40 percent saying they approved of the way the Trump administration is handling the Epstein files, while 36 percent said they disapproved and 24 percent did not give an opinion.
> GOP voters were similarly divided in a Thursday Reuters/Ipsos poll, with 35 percent approving, 29 percent disapproving and the rest either saying they weren’t sure or omitting a response
' “The United States strongly opposes efforts by so-called ‘multilateral blocs’ to weaponize international law as a tool to advance radical anti-Western agendas,” a State Department official said. '
There's a saying I like that goes like this: "The thief believes that everyone steals."
A multilateral coalition arrived to Bogotá to take action to stop Israel’s genocide, despite U.S. condemnation and sanctions against the UN and international courts.
@foufoutos απλά πηγαίνω ξαπλώνω & δε σκέφτομαι. Σκέφτομαι μόνο προβατάκια τα οποία περνάνε από μπροστά μου & πηγαίνουν να κοιμηθούνε & τα μετράω ένα - ένα & συνεχίζω & τα μετράω αργά & τα χαιρετάω καθώς μπαίνουν. Τι άλλο να κάνω? Τπτ απολύτως. Συνήθως στο 35-40 έχω κοιμηθεί
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To think, this job, doesn't feel like, work, even though I feel more tired everyday. Than I have in a while, not mad, I fear saying that I like it, cause that curse that seems to follow my life that takes away the things I like. Hope it's not around anymore, even though I can feel it lurking.
"Il avait raté peu de 1er Mai, mais Claude Beaugrand (1949-2025) n'était pas là cette année, parvenu au terme d'un itinéraire qui a conduit ce cheminot communiste libertaire de Mai 68 à la solidarité avec l'Ukraine.
Il avait raté peu de 1er Mai, mais Claude Beaugrand (1949-2025) n’était pas là cette année, parvenu au terme d’un itinéraire qui a conduit ce cheminot communiste libertaire de Mai 68 à la solidarité avec l’Ukraine.
Star wars Episode 1 racer is the stick I use to measure racing games. It might be 26 year old stick, but so far, it still holds up and is prepared to be used to beat up anything 80 dollar AAAs can provide.
It's so sad though... No gerne had aged as bad as racing games.
![Cricket [he/him]](images/person-80.jpg)
lemmyman210
in reply to Cricket [he/him] • • •land
in reply to Cricket [he/him] • • •sic_semper_tyrannis
in reply to Cricket [he/him] • • •freeman
in reply to sic_semper_tyrannis • • •I tested Gnome and KDE Plasma5 in the last year.
KDE Plasma is in my opinion the first DE which is comparable with Win/MacOS. It looks modern, is pretty much feature complete and as an average user its nice to have useful apps preinstalled (calculator, libreoffice, firefox and so on), but no bloatware.
Its just a bit more customizable than windows, which is perfect and also not fiddly and a pain. It certainly has a handful of quirks, like Windows does, but you get used to them.
If I have to set up elderly relatives with a computer, I'd strongly consider a KDE Plasma Desktop
neon_nova
in reply to freeman • • •I never got gnome, it’s like macOS, but I never enjoyed using it even after being a Mac user.
Plasma and cinnamon are my top desktop recommendations.
somenonewho
in reply to neon_nova • • •Before that I've used plasma and Unity and a whole lot of Mate but then I started using Gnome for a pretty and smooth experience right out of the Box.
Now I've simply been using it for so long that it's muscle memory all the way.
I don't agree with everything the gnome devs decide and I definitely am annoyed that I have to use extension for small things that should just be a toogle in the settings but I've realized some time ago that if I did switch to plasma I would use all the customizability to make it work like Gnome ... so I stay on Gnome.
freeman
in reply to somenonewho • • •Short question because thats what made me swap to KDE:
How do you quickly open an app, without navigating through the categories with your mouse?
Now make me look stupid 😁
somenonewho
in reply to freeman • • •I never use the "App Menu" on my laptop I don't even have any favorites.
I hit the super button (windows key) to open the app overview and type the first few letters and hit enter.
So e.g.
SUPER fi EnterFirefox opens with just 4 key strokes in 1 secondfreeman
in reply to somenonewho • • •I instinctively do that as well, on Windows, Cinnamon and Plasma and it didnt work on Gnome, Superkey opened the Startmenu but then typing didnt search. Thats what I wanted to ask, if I miss something obvious or if Gnome doesnt offer that feature out of the box.
Debian probably changed the Key for the Spotlight-like search.
pineapple
in reply to freeman • • •freeman
in reply to pineapple • • •railcar
in reply to sic_semper_tyrannis • • •sic_semper_tyrannis
in reply to railcar • • •railcar
in reply to sic_semper_tyrannis • • •Tried to persuade him. He's an adult son, so I wouldn't force it on him.
Grandma's using it just fine though.
ProfessorOwl_PhD [any]
in reply to sic_semper_tyrannis • • •sic_semper_tyrannis
in reply to ProfessorOwl_PhD [any] • • •Telorand
in reply to Cricket [he/him] • • •I went to CachyOS on my desktop full time this year. Already had Bazzite on a laptop.
There's been a few hiccups here and there, but nothing insurmountable with a little patience and practice and reading.
Truscape
in reply to Telorand • • •med
in reply to Cricket [he/him] • • •Hang on though, if it's web stats, how many of those impressions are ai bots scraping training data claiming to be Firefox users?
Don't those likely read as Linux from how they fingerprint on TCP connections?
hellinkilla [comrade/them]
in reply to Cricket [he/him] • • •Cricket [he/him]
in reply to hellinkilla [comrade/them] • • •sic_semper_tyrannis
in reply to Cricket [he/him] • • •Cricket [he/him]
in reply to sic_semper_tyrannis • • •sic_semper_tyrannis
in reply to Cricket [he/him] • • •Cricket [he/him]
in reply to sic_semper_tyrannis • • •I know! This article kind of addresses that with this line: "although we can't be certain of the exact numbers, Linux is clearly growing".
Interestingly enough, reading through again, the 6% figure is from US government sites, but the growth numbers in the line I quoted in the post is actually global. Here's the graph they're referring to:
I hadn't noticed that dip in 2025 until I looked at this graph more closely!
sic_semper_tyrannis
in reply to Cricket [he/him] • • •Cricket [he/him]
in reply to sic_semper_tyrannis • • •limer
in reply to Cricket [he/him] • • •comfy
in reply to limer • • •Yeah, unfortunate to rain in the parade but GNU/Linux definitely needs some attention sooner rather than later. Plenty of design benefits, but also plenty of pitfalls from an OS sec POV.
Average users aren't installing SELinux or Qubes so I hope no-one was actually going to reply with what Linux can do as opposed to the everyday user experience.
A few years outdated, but relevant: madaidans-insecurities.github.…
Linux | Madaidan's Insecurities
madaidans-insecurities.github.iomajster
in reply to limer • • •keepcarrot [she/her]
in reply to Cricket [he/him] • • •neon_nova
in reply to Cricket [he/him] • • •A long time ago when Linux was around 2-3% someone said that macOS adoption by software companies happened when it got to 5% of the marketshare.
If Linux continues down the path, we might see real support from some of the holdouts.
Before anyone says to use an alternative, sometimes there are not workable alternatives.
HaraldvonBlauzahn
in reply to Cricket [he/him] • • •Could be exponential growth.
Cricket [he/him]
in reply to HaraldvonBlauzahn • • •galoisghost
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in reply to galoisghost • • •Mio
in reply to Cricket [he/him] • • •MyNameIsRichard
in reply to Mio • • •20% in Norway
cdn.social.linux.pizza/system/…
kungen
in reply to MyNameIsRichard • • •wtf I love Norway now? Sweden is at like 2%.
But Norway's Linux spiked up to almost 30% in July 2024 as well. So I don't really trust these sites. My guess is that it's due to Tesla's web browser or something? Tesla is the most popular electric car brand in Norway: 77k Model Y and 50k Model 3 are registered, and the only model with higher numbers is the Nissan Leaf with 81k, but that'll be taken over very shortly (so far in 2025, there have been over 11k Model Y registrations, with the next runner-up being the Toyota BZ4X with 4,6k)
MyNameIsRichard
in reply to kungen • • •Mio
in reply to MyNameIsRichard • • •Why so many in Norway. How did you do it?
emergencyfood
in reply to Mio • • •Desktop Operating System Market Share India | Statcounter Global Stats
StatCounter Global StatsMio
in reply to emergencyfood • • •emergencyfood
in reply to Mio • • •One good thing is that when a govt dept switches to Linux, it sort of sticks. And govt contracts are very profitable, so we'll likely see greater interest from both hardware and software companies.
ABetterTomorrow
in reply to Cricket [he/him] • • •pineapple
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in reply to Cricket [he/him] • • •kingthrillgore
in reply to Cricket [he/him] • • •Chaotic Good Billionaire does a solid for Linux, Windows users devastated
webghost0101
in reply to Cricket [he/him] • • •The wise man replied, “Your Majesty, I ask for a simple thing. Give me one percent Linux desktop market share for the first square of the chessboard, two percent for the second square, four percent for the third square, and so on, doubling the amount for each of the 64 squares.”
The king, thinking this was a modest request, said, “Surely you jest! Such a small reward for such a great service? Ask for gold, land, or jewels instead.”
But the wise man insisted, and the king agreed.
The king ordered his treasurer to calculate the total. Starting with 1% for the first square, 2% for the second, 4% for the third, 8% for the fourth… by the time they reached the tenth square, they needed 512% of the desktop market.
The treasurer, pale with realization, informed the king that by the 64th square, they would need more market share than could possibly exist in the entire universe of computing devices.
The king then understood that what seemed like a humble request was actually impossible to fulfill, and he gained a new respect for the power of exponential growth.
xthexder
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in reply to webghost0101 • • •PastafARRian
in reply to xthexder • • •Sina
in reply to Cricket [he/him] • • •Enzy
in reply to Sina • • •Cricket [he/him]
in reply to Sina • • •primalmotion
in reply to Cricket [he/him] • • •Cricket [he/him]
in reply to primalmotion • • •Sina
in reply to Cricket [he/him] • • •Because Linux +firefox is like a fingerprinting wet dream, I may be the only one in my locale. (maybe not anymore, but yeah)
Also Librewolf by default reports Win+Firefox.
Cricket [he/him]
in reply to Sina • • •Darren
in reply to Cricket [he/him] • • •Naz
in reply to Cricket [he/him] • • •KDE Plasma is genuinely good
Kubuntu is a drop-in replacement for Windows 10
PastafARRian
in reply to Naz • • •Scrollone
in reply to Naz • • •KDE Plasma is so good, I love it. But I think that Cinnamon (the default environment for Linux Mint) is also super user-friendly.
There's no good excuse not to use Linux in 2025 if you're a home user. Except maybe if you rely on some software such as SharePoint, the Adobe or the Serif Affinity suites.
HakunaHafada
in reply to Scrollone • • •dil
in reply to Naz • • •If you game Cachyos (just installs everything relevant for you, coming to linux itll help you figure out whats commonly used), endeavoros if you wanna set up arch quickly, grab stuff for yourself and build your own desktop, bazzite if you game and are scared to break shit, idk if I would reccomend ubuntu just because I don't like snaps or the snap store, just comparing it to flathub, flathubs missing a few games/apps like rexuiz but nothing important.
Bazaar is pretty nice to use (new bazzite default), one thing I disliked coming to linux was lack of gui download manager and progress in the appstores, tried them all and hated them, while Bazaar feels great and comparing the search to others it actually works, like if I search fps all the fps games pop up, while on others maybe one or two that have it in the title.
JOMusic
in reply to Cricket [he/him] • • •bob_lemon
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in reply to Cricket [he/him] • • •मुक्त
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