• Omega
    4•6 months ago

    Linux makes me forget I’m a narcissist

  • @[email protected]
    3•6 months ago

    It’s going to happen (probably this year or next), but it’s going to be mostly Chrome OS and Steam OS.

  • eli
    6•6 months ago

    It won’t be a single year it’ll be many years, built entirely on something that has already happened (Proton)

  • @[email protected]
    6•6 months ago

    Ive been daily driving pop_os for a few months now and im never going back. I have a few friends very clearly curious asking me questions about usability and stuff, might convince them to dual boot at some point to test the waters so to speak.

    #1 concern I hear from my circle is video game compatability, to which I saw ive not experienced many issues (and 0 that i couldnt fix) but i dont play modern triple A garbage notorious for issues on all systems, and at the end of the day if gamers never move to linux then support for it wont improve.

  • @[email protected]
    13•6 months ago

    I’m an accidental Linux adopter this year. I accidentally bricked a relatively new laptop by messing up an MSConfig setting, and since I didn’t have Windows restore discs, I just switched it to a Linux desktop.

    I honestly didn’t know what to expect, but the laptop has been running really smooth since then. I didn’t have a huge Steam library to replace, so the only bummer has been one or two Windows/Mac only apps that I haven’t been able to find Linux replacements for yet. Otherwise, 8/10, would brick my laptop again.

      • @[email protected]
        9•6 months ago

        Thanks, mate. I installed Mint because a couple threads I checked said it was probably the best for people with no experience with Linux. One program I was trying to find a replacement for is a Monte Carlo simulation add-on for MS Excel called SIPMath Modeler tools from probabilitymanagement.org. I just started using LibreOffice as a replacement to Excel, so honestly I haven’t checked out the add-on library yet. I’m not too worried about it yet since I have an older laptop that’s air gapped now and still running Excel 2016 if I absolutely need to run the program.

  • @[email protected]
    5•6 months ago

    It’s slow but it’s coming. My technically illiterate mom got a steam deck this year and hasn’t struggled with it at all.

  • @[email protected]
    9•6 months ago

    Thanks to the work Valve has done shoring up gaming support with Steam Deck, it will be for me. When Win10 support ends on October 14, 2025 I will end my final tiny bit of support for Microsoft: my desktop gamer.

    • @[email protected]
      8•6 months ago

      Valve is a fucking case study on how to run a business in a capitalist system without capitulating to the system of shareholder controlled enshitification. Imagine how different the country would be if even 20% of our large companies had a similar buiness model.

    • @[email protected]English
      10•6 months ago

      The only markets Linux doesn’t Dominate are the Desktop and console space. The only thing holding back Desktop domination is Microsoft and it’s vendor lock-in strategy. It says a lot when Microsoft has to use the power of their purse in order to maintain their position. Even Linux dominates in the IoT space with ~80% of the market, despite Microsoft having to make Windows IoT free.

      • pelya
        2•6 months ago

        Microsoft does not see Windows as a product since Ballmer left. It’s more of a liability, because you cannot sell it twice, and you cannot sell a Windows subscription. Windows still makes them just 10% profits, but selling cloud servers and office suite nets them 60% of their profits.

        Microsoft IoT is not even a thing, the power of Linux IoT is that you strip everything from your kernel until your system runs on 32 MB RAM.

    • palordrolap
      13•6 months ago

      And the big question is: Which will happen first; Linux being adopted by the masses or fusion becoming a viable power source?

  • Caveman
    4•6 months ago

    Strap in guys, the year is coming. Year of the Linux desktop baby!

  • Optional
    7•6 months ago

    The only way we’ll know for sure if it’s the year of the linux desktop is when our deficient family and friends start asking us what sudo is.

    So far . . it’s quiet.

    • @[email protected]
      1•6 months ago

      I don’t think there is a world where Linux gains significant market share AND users care what sudo is. In order for Linux to be more mainstream, those kinds of details should not be the concern of laypeople. GUIs are what average people are able to stomach.

      • Optional
        1•6 months ago

        It’s an interesting thought. The idea of sudo is that people understand there are levels of permissions. That alone would be huge, and in 2025 that seems ridiculous.

  • @[email protected]English
    16•6 months ago

    I’ve never known any of my immediate circle of friends and family to have any interest whatsoever. Windows 11 has been the nail in the coffin for one, the steam deck has piqued the interest of another. Year of the Linux desktop is a pipe dream but any step towards greater adoption is a great thing.

    • @[email protected]English
      6•6 months ago

      I watch a few SteamDeck you tubers and they all have switched to Linux. One is waiting for SteamOS to finally drop. Which I can understand, I mean, he is a normie gamer and isn’t really looking to get into computers, just wants to play games. He sees SteamOS as a silver bullet, since he is problem free on his Steam Deck. Which just reiterates, normies don’t care what OS they run, they just want to do the thing they care about.

      I wouldn’t say it’s a pipe dream either. 20 years ago, if I switched someone to Linux, they would eventually have a problem and switch back. Not because Linux was bad or anything like that. Now, if I switch someone, they just keep going with Linux. The year of Linux Desktop already came. It doesn’t dominate yet, but there are few niches that Linux doesn’t support, mostly the audio/art niche.