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The Quiet Revolution: GNU/Linux Crosses 6% Desktop Market Share—And It’s Just the Beginning (puri.sm)
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[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I think they are comparable in that regard honestly?

Printer manufacturers obviously try their best to make their printers work well with Windows.

Printer support on Linux is provided by CUPS, which is developed by Apple. Apple wants its Mac (and maybe also iPhone and iPad?) customers to have good printer support, so they try their best to make CUPS work well.

[–] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 4 points 6 days ago

Printer manufacturers obviously try their best to make their printers work well with Windows.

As a guy who's worked in IT for around 20 years: LOL.