Do my eyes deceive me? Apparently not. According to Statcounter, the Linux share on the desktop has actually now passed 3% for the first time.
  • EugeneNine@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’m not much of a gamer but I’m tempted to run a couple games just to get included in the %. I wonder where they get the data from.

    • testman@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      As far as I understand, StatCounter gets data from people browsing the internet.
      They are probably partnered with a lot of sites in order to get all the useragent data of their visitors or something, idk. They probably have their method described somewhere.
      This is not Steam, where stats are gathered from random monthly surveys.

  • LazySorcerer@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I have a perfectly capable (of what is required of it i.e Youtube/Netflix) laptop that will not support Windows 11, so when Win10 runs out of support, I’m planning on running some distro of Linux.

      • LazySorcerer@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        I’m a bit intimidated to be honest. I fear losing the ease of using windows (and all my PS scripts functionalities :( )

        • ReCursing@kbin.social
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          1 year ago

          Honestly Linux is no harder to use than Windows nowadays, although it is different in places so there’s some “muscle memory” to overcome. I’m the opposite though, I cannot find anything under windows any more without checking in three wrong places first!

        • SSUPII@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Powershell is available for Linux. Of course, no Windows specific features will be available, but the syntax is there.

  • Hairyblue@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I am a regular Linux desktop user because after trying very hard to justify buying a Steam Deck, I just wouldn’t use it. I don’t game on the go and I have a nice big TV and sofa set up.

    But the steam deck is so sweet.