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Linux reached 10% of the desktop operating system market in Greece!

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[–] walderan@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I had noticed that we've been pretty high on global statistics for years, but hadn't seen anyone point it out.
Και το βλέπεις και στη πράξη, οι linuxάδες δεν είναι σπάνιοι, και όταν μιλάς σε τεχνικούς/support δεν σε κοιτάνε σαν εξωγήινο αν ακούσουν για Linux.

[–] Nuuskis@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Does the greek keyboard layout offer a fast switch into latin letters? How does 'Linux' look like in greek letters?

[–] walderan@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As far as I know the greek keyboard layout is based on the US style alignment, with the characters swapped. The Greek alphabet has fewer characters than Latin after all. The standard quick way to change the input in Windows, and the one I'm using in Ubuntu is hitting Alt+Shift. Spelling Linux phonetically would be Λίνουξ.

[–] Nuuskis@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

Interesting. Thanks for letting me know!