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Linux traffic has grown 22.4% in PH this year
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this post was submitted on 09 Dec 2025
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unfortunately this is mostly an instance of https://xkcd.com/1102/
I'm as happy about this news as the next tech enthusiast, but bluntly, it's not a big shift. Going from ... What? 5% to 6%? That's great and all but it's hardly moving the needle.
If we want a significant shift we need OEMs selling prebuilt PCs with some flavor of Linux pre-installed, that's as easy to use as the competition (Windows/mac) with compatibility that's both good enough and transparent enough that people don't need to think about it much.
Before we get Linux OEM PCs on store shelves, we need to figure out that last bit first.
That still hasn't happened yet. We can't even agree what window manager should be used, nevermind any of the dozen or so other critical services on the system...
The thing that makes Linux great is that anyone and everyone can, and does, make stuff for it. That's also the thing that's going to hold it back from being put on store shelves pre installed on prebuilt PCs.
It's huge because the people who do the tech support in the families are moving.
That's an important step, for sure, but that's not going to push the majority.
I'm that guy for plenty of people and the number of times a conversation starts with "so I bought..." is crazy. It's basically the first thing anyone says to me when they need help.
This.
The one step that would really push a lot would be if you can go to your local electronics store and buy a PC there with Linux preinstalled and completely setup, just like you can with Windows, Mac and ChromeOS.
That's why the Steam Deck actually pushed the Linux market share quite a bit.
I mean, there is a thing like that and it's called Chromebooks, but we, the tech people, deemed ChromeOS not Linux enough and told everyone not to buy chromebooks.
But still ChromeOS is by far the most popular Linux distro with about 5x the market share of the next most popular Linux distro (which is Arch, thanks to the Steam Deck).
I don’t know if you already use Linux or not, but if you do you have a valid excuse for why you can’t help them with their impulse buy from HP. So if they want your help, they can take your suggestions for where to get a Linux computer, such as System76, Framework, and I think even some Dell models come with it preinstalled. There’s probably some I forgot, but the point is, those selling Linux machines are in a growth market that only seems to be accelerating. It should be only a matter of time before more players want a piece of that.
My elderly, former programmer father is one. Too bad it took him 30 years after first trying but he is up and running now for about three months 😁️ Now to get him off the Apple phone and into an alt android OS....
@rhythmisaprancer @plyth I'm not even sure it's a good way to go. I mean from iOS to alt Android. In my oppinion AOSP is a secret Google weapon to limit real alternative (like #LinuxOnMobile ) growth. AOSP code is nearly 100% written by Google anyways right? They controll whole ecosystem. They can (and do) limit indie FOSS apps/devs. They can (and do) make it rely heavily on proprietary Play Services and so on. Just imagine where would mobile Linux phones be now, if there was no AOSP ever.
@ati1@mastodon.social I agree and would be all over a Linux phone that was viable for daily driving in the US. I already have to carry two phones and cannot manage a third haha. As for my father I mainly want him to explore some things and have some hobbies that work his brain. He is actually a great candidate for something like a Linux OS phone and I will be thinking about that for the future.