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Here's why Linux market share isn't going to skyrocket anytime soon (thelibre.news)
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You've heard the "prophecy": next year is going to be the year of the Linux desktop, right? Linux is no longer the niche hobby of bearded sysadmins and free software evangelists that it was a decade ago! Modern distributions like Ubuntu, Pop!_OS, and Linux Mint are sleek, accessible, and — dare I say it — mainstream-adjacent.

Linux is ready for professional work, including video editing, and it even manages to maintain a slight market share advantage over macOS among gamers, according to the Steam Hardware & Software Survey.

However, it's not ready to dethrone Windows. At least, not yet!

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[–] Bronstein_Tardigrade@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 months ago

China replacing Windoze with KylinOS (BDS) on all government computers and manufacturers using openKylin (Linux) on domestic products, will put a dent in the ol' M$ monopoly.