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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[-] BCOVertigo@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

"Three years ago, Valve made a promise to ship a general installer for SteamOS, enabling any PC to take advantage of all of its features. But that didn't happen. And, let's be real, it's not going to happen in the next couple of years either."

I'm trying to find a reason to go back to windows, I promise, but everything keeps working properly and being generally enjoyable. :(

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