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Linux based OSes are by far most popular globally. Windows is only super popular on desktops and laptops.
I'm willing to bet that 95% of the users using a 'Linux based OS' would have absolutely no clue, and if you put them in front of a desktop with Linux on it they'd be as lost as anyone else.
I'm willing to bet 95% wouldn't care, they have their web browser there and that's all that's needed.
I'd even go so far as to say most people would find a stable Linux distro with GNOME easier than Windows. The user experience for most part is closer to that of your Android phone.
That's kinda my point, Android is a Linux based OS. But go to any random guy with a Samsung and ask him to install Minecraft on a Linux desktop and he'll have a panic attack.
I wish more distros had flatpak installed by default, so I could just say "same way as on your phone, from 'app store' "
I mean, even if the distro doesn't have Flathub enabled by default, a program as popular as Minecraft will almost certainly be in the repos anyway.
Potentially. I only checked Debian repos and flathub
open app store > search 'Minecraft' > press install
It's literally harder to install on Windows
I mean, you just download the jar installer from the website.. I do get your point, but things have changed seemingly over the past few decades, as I've only been maining popOS for about 3 years. But I was honestly shocked I could still run so much with near negligible hassle: couple steam games liked an earlier version of proton more, web work I would argue has been easier for the most part
Isn’t that mostly due to Linux being widespread on servers, and by extension Android? (And if we’re talking Unix, then MacOS, too)
Yeah, Linux has some high 90s percent "market share" in server space. Android is a "cherry on the top" with vast majority of mobile phone markwt
Practically all servers, Android, and ~11% of the PC market.