Chrome OS saw a good raise too. OS X(Mac) saw a decrease.
Partly my fault - I have that page set to auto open on my browser every week
Is Linux actually growing, or are other users simply buying fewer computers because their phones have reduced the need for personal computers?
I didn’t crunch the numbers, but as far as I see, most of the linux growth comes from the Steam deck, which runs a Linux OS.
This could also be the reason for the decrease of OSX, because more other, non classical computer, devices are included, which automatically reduces the share of Laptop and PC devices.
So there is a similar percentage of users in the desktop and laptop space as before but more Linux-based handheld systems. Overall market share has become too broad nowadays for at a glance look at percentage of users for each platform as different sectors of systems will have different market share percentages.
The revolution is coming!
After many years of thinking about it i finally gave Linux a try on my main PC and was met with the unfortunate realization that HDR support was non existent for NVIDIA cards and had to switch back to Windows.
Only for Nvidia?
I got quite a few friends wanting to avoid Windows 11 and taking a serious look at Linux.
Sadly less than half who’ve tried it out have wanted to stick with it, Due to technical problems or some neche software not being available/having a suitable alternative.
If I wasn’t a noob gamer I’d have no use for Windows. Unfortunately I’m too dumb to figure out how to make games work, even on Mint.
Clear victory
Honestly, given that there are many flaws in desktop Linux security, awareness of people about desktop Linux need to be parallel with better security practices : https://madaidans-insecurities.github.io/linux.html https://privsec.dev/posts/linux/linux-insecurities https://privsec.dev/posts/linux/desktop-linux-hardening/ I just hope that when people are more aware of desktop Linux, developers then need to be more aware of security and use available platforms or components with security in mind such as Flatpak, Wayland, MAC, Pipewire,… and kernel developers should have cared more about industry security practices, and please don’t give ideological reasons there.
Since this madaidan blog is going to be shilled more often, it should be nipped in the bud before it becomes a disease.
Madaidan writes toilet paper rags. Anyone who cites him has negligible knowledge of Linux or, if they possess Linux knowledge, they are a malicious “security” evangelist troll.
His blog page about Linux is a massive piece of “toilet paper” repeatedly debunked at this point. If you think the phrase “toilet paper” is mine, come, have a look.
https://web.archive.org/web/20220111035527/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25590079
https://i.imgur.com/FiYhbkk.jpg: madaidan being very 4chan-y in terms of blaming the computer language for problems in particular software code (in this case Linux kernel), while dismissing everything when it comes to Windows.
Edit
I only saw madaidan’s name, not PrivSec_dev aka Tommy_Tran aka Tommy aka B0risGrishenk0. This clown claims to be a RHCSA certified security researcher, yet publishes faux hitpiece libel and harasses people. Example: https://archive.is/7wKJW
I am the moderator of c/privacy at Lemmy. Last year, I was a victim of him and his friends’ doings last year (akc3n from GrapheneOS and dngray from PrivacyGuides), as they hijacked the Matrix room of c/privacy (which I was unable to save since admins did not listen to me, repurposed by the troll Yayannick@lemmy.ml alias Kokomheart@lemmy.ca) and attempted to fabricate projecting lies against me because I moderate this place. His cyberbully friends from r/PrivacyGuides came in to fabricate nonsense against me, which threw admins in confusion. https://archive.ph/acy2h
This was their failed attempt at trying to rage bait me into reacting hastily, causing administration to revoke my moderation powers, so that GrapheneOS trolls could make Lemmy their next place of habitat, something I protect Lemmy from. I am an OG at Lemmy.
During this incident, due to the chaos that the tag team of GrapheneOS and PrivacyGuides caused, one Lemmy administrator (nutomic) warned me, likely because they got scared about the name of police being involved. Tommy_Tran/Privsec_dev proceeded to get me banned from Lemmy c/privacy’s Matrix chatroom by tag teaming with dngray (PrivacyGuides moderator) to bait the moderator of that Matrix chatroom in believing I was the troll. Tommy took over soon enough and changed the room into some Windows/GrapheneOS Security crap, and later the moderator of Matrix chatroom itself moved off of Lemmy.ml (Lemmy’s main instance) onto Lemmy.ca (coincidentally a Canadian instance). I do not know if these Canadians are friends or just fellow countrymen, but what they did was insanely evil. (Instances are like separate websites that can still operate like they are the same forum/website.)
Screenshot of c/privacy Matrix room takeover and trolling and laughing behind my back, knowing what they have pulled off intentionally: https://i.imgur.com/PoTiANo.jpg
