I doubt in my city that 1 in 20 people are using desktop Linux, which means there must be higher concentrations somewhere else, maybe in some corporate fleets or university labs.

So where are the big concentrations of desktop Linux in the US? I’m not hearing more stories of big migrations happening outside of ChromeOS.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Steamdeck and other linux gaming consoles maybe?

[–] herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

Steamdeck is great, but there are not enough of them to change statistics like this.

[–] markstos@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I think that’s part of it.

[–] fading_person@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

So, if we consider a classroom, it's roughly 1 or 2 students using linux in each class. I don't think it's too far off from real life experience.

[–] herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Linux usage is very non-uniform. I think the important clusters are:

Scientific communities, especially physicists (CERN even has their own distro!).
Financial sector
Programmers in general
Family members of other Linux users
Poorer countries that can't afford Windows licenses or newer hardware. (Linux usage in India or Turkey is waay higher than the West)
Countries that have bad relations with America

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

People fed up with windows' shit
Privacy advocates
[Coming Soon] People who can't upgrade to 11 due to hardware who can't afford a new PC.

[–] VITecNet@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

People who can’t upgrade to 11

They'll stay in Windows 10 and ignore security risks.

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Some, and some will learn a better way. And the more the poor security starts to affect people, the more will either bite the bullet and upgrade, or switch. And switching becomes more likely if they know someone else in one of the above categories, too.