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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Linux has over 6% of the desktop market? Yes, you read that right - here's how (www.zdnet.com)

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Clickbaity title on the original article, but I think this is the most important point to consider from it:

After getting to 1% in approximately 2011, it took about a decade to double that to 2%. The jump from 2% to 3% took just over two years, and 3% to 4% took less than a year.

Get the picture? The Linux desktop is growing, and it's growing fast.

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[–] land@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 2 days ago

Jumped to Bazzite never looked back. Let's goooo

[–] dtrain@lemmy.world 27 points 2 days ago

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

OK, so now it's important to create collegial democratic project government for Linux, and freeze Linus in carbonite as a memorial. Before Linux has become too important, and before Linus lost his marbles to become a geriatric dictator.

Actually in the age of Android I think it's already too late, but this should be done regardless.

[–] squid64@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's good, I don't care much about the OS people use but yeah as long as they use something that they like and that doesn't exploit them that's great.

I use Guix System as my distro and it's great, just goes to show the power of free software, you won't get something like that anywhere else.

[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

I don’t care much about the OS people use

On a surface level, same. On the other hand, I do believe that more users, if combined with certain design and documentation choices, can enable more contributions and fixes and software support, and I believe this has already been a huge factor in recent improvements to the Linux experience like Proton.

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I went to CachyOS on my desktop full time this year. Already had Bazzite on a laptop.

There's been a few hiccups here and there, but nothing insurmountable with a little patience and practice and reading.

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[–] med@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Hang on though, if it's web stats, how many of those impressions are ai bots scraping training data claiming to be Firefox users?

Don't those likely read as Linux from how they fingerprint on TCP connections?

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