Linux Users Every Month

The penguin is rising.

[@komram4396]

Legend implies that if linux market share reaches 10%, 2/3 of linux users migrate to freebsd to restore balance.

[@SirReptitious]

And if BSD reaches 10%, do those people have to move to OSX, since that is what OSX is based on? ;-p

[@CommentGuard717]

​@@SirReptitiousno Apple is proprietary

[@average-neco-arc-enjoyer]

@@SirReptitious they move to minix

[@MissourHanzai]

@@SirReptitious No they would move to TempleOS and have to send their usage statistics via e-mail because they sacrificed networking.

[@LDRTHM]

@@average-neco-arc-enjoyer Entropy implies that seL4 will be the final resting place for distro hoppers.

[@HealthChamp-z5r]

linux trash

[@54nnu]

literal skill issue

[@Kerojey]

@@54nnu Windows is objectively better, keep coping.

[@minsekfau3218]

​@@Kerojeycuz it's coomvenience, right?

[@Kerojey]

@@minsekfau3218 Because it's works, which cannot be said of Linux

[@eironn__]

​@@Kerojey by working in windows, are you refering to virus or spyware?

[@ITSK2SELFHVRM]

the more people will use linux distros the more chances will be of seeing more good software on it

[@IIlIIlIIlII]

Never gonna happen. Linux users are the biggest elitist circlejerkers I have ever seen.

[@komram4396]

@axlodd what makes it interesting is how malware could be distributed. Imagine "free photoshop for Linux in one simple command" google result lol. I expect it to be somehow like that. I really don't see an obvious way to make alot of linux users install malware, like most people get their software from reos, and if they install some binary from net they don't run it as root, which makes it too easy to wipe it later. Looking forward to see what skids will have to come up with.

[@superslash7254]

The problem isn't lack of good software, it's that distros go out of their way to screw over userspace and make the simplest things a nightmare. There's a reason Torvalds himself said that linux will never go anywhere until a big company takes over a distro and forces it to stop abusing users and actually work painlessly. On windows you download a program and it just works. On linux you've got to pray that it's on your distro, actively maintained, the dependencies don't conflict with anything else, and you aren't going to have something godawful like snap inflicted on you.

[@lycanthoss]

​@superslash7254 I know wayland is still early, but I tried installing kubuntu on a separate SSD so I could dual boot, installed wayland session, tried 150% scaling (4K display) and a lot of things still looked blurry as hell or weren't scaling. Then I installed updates, turned off PC, reinserted RTX GPU (I took it out because I wanted to take out my NVMe, so that it installs GRUB properly on the SSD so that I could pick which OS to boot with the BIOS menu), after reinserting GPU and NVMe, I checked if Windows booted fine, then restarted to go into Linux. I think it kernel panicked while booting (it was stuck on a blinking dash, but it was not in terminal mode, and the last message was something like wrt: bad destination buffer) I think I'll just wait a few more years until I try Linux again.

[@komram4396]

@@lycanthoss to me it looks like there was a problem with either wayland or gpu drivers. Error you discribed is wifi related kernel message, so I assume gui stuff wasn't able to start at all. I always wondered how am I doge all these errors. Well, I started at arch with KDE and week later I moved to I3 because terminal made more sense to me than KDE. So I guess I'm just "lucky" for using Linux "the right way" from the start. It kinda sucks when people get their system nuked by shit like that. It sucks even more when things like wayland, alot of distros made default, and nvidia, whom drivers couldn't be more pain to deal with, repel newcomers.

[@burein_ita]

It's time for some EXPONENTIAL GROWTH.

[@OoOoOo-we3dn]

brother we out here in exponential stagnation But dream on

[@JuxGD]

wtf i literally checked yesterday

[@zeckma]

lolllll

[@Pankaj-Thakur009]

Linux market share in India 14% 🗿

[@one_step_sideways]

That's strange because Garuda Linux is the absolute worst distro I've ever tried using

[@rulercostax]

@@one_step_sideways what's the connection between Garuda Linux and Linux in India??

[@one_step_sideways]

@@rulercostax Garuda is an indian "gayming" distro

[@MisticcVFX]

pooron(jkjk)

[@skejeton]

​@@one_step_sidewaysjust because its indian doesn't mean most indians use it

[@leoaldamas]

This is the year of Linux... let's go!

[@SirReptitious]

The two things keeping Linux from becoming usable to the masses are it's dependence on memorizing hundreds of terminal commands and how to use them to get most things done, and having 50 fucking distros. If there were only about 5 distros so much progress could be made because all the effort being split between 50 could be concentrated on 5. But nope, reinventing the wheel and every other invention 49 times is seen as the best solution.....

[@redlionstudio2750]

@@SirReptitious or if websites would actually recommend normal distros, not some unknown distros that are being used by 4 people

[@didkoti4244]

@@SirReptitious are you using vanilla linux from 2015? I'm practically no longer using commands in linux lmao

[@SirReptitious]

@@didkoti4244 I installed the most recent version of Mint w/Cinnamon DE from their website.

[@fartful]

@@SirReptitious what distro are you using

[@amirisonyoutube]

This year I switched to linux, it's way better than all the microsoft windows garbage and spyware

[@anamoyeee]

maybe i would use linux if it wouldn't brick my machine if i did a single wrong move. I tried dualbooting and it messed something up but i was able to delete it and go back to windows but then i did the same on a vm and it bricked the machine to the point of me not knowing how to fix it (grub rescue). I wish i could use linux comfortably but i just don't have the skill to even install it and not even talking about using it then... Sorry if this comment may seem like arguing which i noticed you previously disabled comments because of. I don't mean to start any discussion, just saying that linux is hard...

[@zeckma]

Oh yeah, don't worry! You're completely fine! What my problem was that people were confidently expressing their opinions as fact and so it was a gigantic back and forth, trying to win an unwinnable argument. Many others which were the main reason I shut comments off initially was transphobia, confidently claiming I'm not a girl and crap and downplaying any support. So yeah, you're fine! You're giving your opinion and experience in a clear way! I'm sorry if I did seem strict, I just wanna breed positivity instead of the opposite. As for your experience, I'm sorry to hear. Some of my friends had a similar experience while others are enjoying it, except needing some help. Hopefully in the future, things do get better!

[@NoodleBerry]

I've been using mint for a while and it seems to work fine :) even got it installed on a new machine recently (though it was a bit of a bitch bc my hard drive sucks and the BIOD settings were fucked for some reason)

[@AX_-]

4.04% now, omg :)

[@nonechico]

I'm using UNKNOWN on my PC and it's pretty great tbh

[@coachmystogan]

Well, cant say i got to linux early but certaily before it picked up :^) steam deck should see a nudge right? Riiiiight?

[@_thresh_]

Apparently when it hits 5% it will be THE YEAR OF THE LINUX DESKTOP!!!!!

[@paradoxx_4221]

its 4% THIS IS THE YEAR

[@Pandacier]

I feel like 2024 is the year that Linux will see its user base increase a lot, like almost never before

[@RealEpikCartfrenYT]

Me still using Windows XP and 7:

[@diegoboss05]

The indian market is crazy now with linux

[@beastOfVengeance]

...more than 15%

[@minsekfau3218]

Why exactly I'd like to ask?

[@EquaTechnologies]

This appeared in 2nd place of my recommended tab. The first place was SMG4.

[@one_step_sideways]

If SMG4 is recommended to you, _run away_

[@asphalt2554]

man SMG4…. its all modernized… i miss the jankyness of it all…..

[@luckybomber]

What are the unknown running

[@asphalt2554]

lol its unknown simple i use unknownOS all the time!

[@venerable_nelson]

FreeBSD users be like..

[@NoTraceOfSense]

1 FreeBSD desktop user (The rest are running trueNAS

[@venerable_nelson]

@@NoTraceOfSense The FreeBSD user be like; "1 FreeBSD desktop user (The rest are running trueNAS)".

[@Nyarch]

NetBSD users: ...😵

[@qy9MC]

I checked that yester😮 and also switched to debian yesterday. It's awesome!

[@morosov4595]

202X year of the linux!

[@noodle69]

why dont you have it bookmarked

[@zeckma]

Good idea, actually!

[@iggr415]

"You Linux yet?" "No Dad, I'm Windows" "Talk to me when you Linux"

[@giacomonobili]

But... do diamonds still spawn at y 12?

[@bettercallseal]

yes but far more unlikely than in y -58

[@Milianor-dev-qz3nj]

linux? i dont use that shit anymore, i use NixOS

[@minsekfau3218]

Is this supposed to be a joke or?

[@wsketchy]

Why are you using google

[@tcstealthyfoxxo8620]

I wish I was a smart and cute nerdy tech girl like you so I could comprehend what any of this means lol Also that’s a very pretty background, it’s like your sona if it was a glowing blanket. 💖

[@asphalt2554]

you gotta have programmer socks and then maybe you shall aquire the skill!!

[@hananas2]

I feel attacked

[@nqkou]

wysi

[@Lurmog]

727

[@nezu_cc]

WYSI

[@Lurmog]

727

[@calamitywoah]

can you please tell me what firefox theme is that

[@zeckma]

Fogbound Lake made by a friend of mine. I'll probably send a link or something in a bit

[@zeckma]

addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/fogbound-lake/

[@Kerojey]

Noone would use Linux, if Linux was not free. Just a fact.

[@minsekfau3218]

Say that to 100% of supercomputers, 90% of servers, and 70% of smartphones

[@Kerojey]

@@minsekfau3218 Do you use your computer as a server, or do you use it to do work? Because Linux sucks in the second.

[@minsekfau3218]

@@Kerojey Not really. Linux is extremely efficient in programming. "Linux doesn't work" is sheer bs. If you know how to optimise your system to the smallest detail, no OS can have comparable efficiency to Linux.

[@Kerojey]

@@minsekfau3218 There is literally 0 difference in programming in Linux and Windows(I'm speaking from experience)

[@minsekfau3218]

@@Kerojey I guess you're using heavily GUI-oriented IDEs, amirite?

[@paroxet1ne]

Unpopular opinion: Linux will never "reach" a high marketshare because most Linux users have strict tracking and cookie policies enforced on their machine, thus making it harder for websites like statcounter to count the real amount of Linux users. I reckon that most of the "Unknown" section are Linux users in disguise.

[@edelzocker8169]

But ChromeOS is a Linux distro!

[@JakSoupCo]

looks at the linux market share- *severe stronk*

[@PumninBake]

what wm is that?

[@zeckma]

DWM. I also use a fork of picom for the window animations.

[@dreamskongz4781]

Feels like I'm being called out 😂

[@Nicefisher]

Is that hyprland

[@zeckma]

DWM + Picom

[@Nicefisher]

Real

[@Nxtyrs]

what firefox theme is that :o

[@zeckma]

addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/fogbound-lake/

[@Nxtyrs]

@@zeckma tysm :D

[@zeckma]

​@@NxtyrsNo problem!

[@shinobi1975]

Linux is trash 🗑️😂

[@prosto_voda]

Имхо популярность линукса только навредит ему. Тип если нормисы начнут им активно пользоваться то рано или поздно он придёт к тому к чему пришла винда (и открытый код вообще не поможет, только отсрочит) И НЕТ, Я НЕ СИЖУ НА ЛИНУКСЕ, УСПОКОЙТЕСЬ

[@ITSK2SELFHVRM]

ннууу так никто не отменял различные его дистрибутивы и разные авторские взгляды на них

[@prosto_voda]

@@ITSK2SELFHVRM я поэтому и сказал что открытый код только отсрочит скатывание в goвно, несмотря на открытый код, большинство дистров на системд, гноме/кде. Да и в целом чем сложнее технологии тем сложнее их разрабатывать по одиночке, так что по итогу мы неизбежно придёт к тому что большинство дистров будут использовать одни технологии

[@one_step_sideways]

Как только прочитал "нормисы", я понял, что ты считаешь себя суперлегендой за то, что ты можешь один раз в терминал по обучалке написать "make" и "sudo make install", чтобы быть элиткой, которая компилирует всё с сорцов, которую должны нанять на позицию мидла за 5 минут

[@prosto_voda]

@@one_step_sideways нет, я не сижу на линухе, я на 10. Даже когда я сидел на нём, то я пользовался убунтой где многое из коробки. Я не любитель пердолить консольку

[@prosto_voda]

@@one_step_sideways я не пользуюсь линукс если что. Я максимум год сидел на убунте

[@endlasshd9108]

Lets be honest.. Linux Desktop is.. bad. I tried it multiple times, linux is a great OS for servers.. but for Desktop use not so much. Yeah some tasks work on linux. But those also work in windows and macos. Other way around : a lot you do on windows/mac cant be done on linux. Of course there a always possibilities and workarounds. But at some point its just too much. Ubuntu is fine but i cant get over how unstable KDE is.. Settings not opening until restart, entire desktop misalignment etc. And im just talking about the private aspect. When you need to get work done, there is no space for a glitched out system.

[@endlasshd9108]

People should switch to Linux not because other options are garbage.. They should be switching because of the advantages Linux might have

[@darksam1212]

Just because you didnt like it doesn't make it bad, I love it.

[@Mempler]

​@@endlasshd9108keyword, *might*. I despise microsoft. But linux desktop has too many issues and missing features enterprise users need. Especially gnome. and gnome is effectively industry standard as its most mainstream on linux distros. Thus for many enterprise users unusable.

[@cloudenvying]

It's been ages since I've used Ubuntu but from when I used it I could do anything necessary. I've been using i3 and Cinnamon in Manjaro for the past few years and never really had issues with them beyond the initial configuration. That configuration could be standardized in a script at a company by the IT department during installation. I think the real thing people don't want to deal with is the slightly different but still breaking changes of user interface from Windows. For office staff used to those environments it would be a nightmare and the fact that it might be almost impossible to find an IT company that will do remote support for Linux workstations. A lot of critical software like Quickbooks won't run out of the box for example.

[@GoogleDoesEvil]

@@Mempler You may like looking into the ReactOS project. Still not usable yet, but we've been making very good progress this past year.

[@quelfrociochedisegnaiporno]

you can't escape from the surprise buttsecks

[@zeckma]

I'm not trying to escape it, just not making content involving it anymore, especially with how I see that song and Spy as a whole now due to a bad friendship. But yes I acknowledge I did make that content and I won't unlist it or delete it, so no worries lol

[@s8r4]

@@zeckma You did what?? 😳 anyway, after closely inspecting your search history after every written character, I've came to the conclusion that this is a cute and based linux enjoyer indeed :3

[@asphalt2554]

@@s8r4 colin three!!!!

[@xyangst]

3.77 now 😢 it went down..

[@zeckma]

At least it's beating ChromeOS!

[@SuperBro112Lol]

@@zeckma ChromeOS is a linux distro

[@asphalt2554]

@@SuperBro112Lol i disliked your comment.