I wonder if it isn't still just a piss in the wind. All Microsoft has to do is require something propretary and the US government and their customers will just roll it out. I don't fee like we have the ability to choose with our wallets anymore. If they can't win fairly, Microsoft will cheat and collude with other companies to make them your only option.

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 3 points 6 days ago (3 children)

That is what they have always done. Embrace, extend, extinguish.

load more comments (3 replies)

[–] markstos@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (5 children)

5% is 1-20 users.

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.

[–] herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days 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 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 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.

load more comments (2 replies)

[–] fading_person@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days 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.

load more comments (3 replies)

load more comments