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5 reasons why desktop Linux is finally growing in popularity (www.zdnet.com)
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[-] neidu2@feddit.nl 122 points 7 months ago

I can list the biggest one without having to look: Because the most popular alternative has progressively gotten worse for the past 12 years, and what was once a quality OS (sure,it had its faults and flaws, but I'll concede that Win7 was objectively a good OS) has now morphed into a combination of spyware and adware.

[-] anamethatisnt@lemmy.world 72 points 7 months ago

Microsoft being uninterested in Windows Desktop and focusing on Saas and the cloud is indeed the first bullet point.

  1. Microsoft isn't that interested in Windows
  2. Linux gaming, thanks to Steam, is also growing
  3. Users are finally figuring out that some Linux distros are easy to use
  4. Finding and installing Linux desktop software is easier than ever
  5. The Linux desktop is growing in popularity in India
[-] henfredemars@infosec.pub 10 points 7 months ago

I get the sense that Microsoft doesn’t care about their desktop users and as much as views desktop as another small side market.

MacOS only runs on their particular hardware, so Linux is free to gobble up market share limited mainly by user technical know how and the general shift to most web traffic coming from mobile.

[-] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world -1 points 7 months ago

Users aren't finding it out. The distros just actually got usable and stopped being super elitists.

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