Do these private computers run a properly licensed version of Windows? What's the cost for a license? Same as in other countries?

And another thing I wodered: Is there more Linux expertise available than in other countries? I guess the average person from India isn't in IT. But there's lots of IT, lots of companies from my country have outsourced parts of their IT. I occasionally watch tutorial videos or university lectures on Youtube either in english with a heavy accent or for domestic use and not in english. Some of them discuss some crazy niche Linux topics or software development, which is also oftentimes deployed on Linux infrastructure. Or is it just because India is a big country and it's just a matter of scale that I get to see some videos from over there?

As someone from India, I agree with you.

I guess people just want to use what everyone else uses. Using something different than windows is instantly assumed to be very difficult.

I even showed my friends how they can play games on linux instead of having their laptops get stuck while using windows 11 , but they still won't even consider trying it.

Btw if you don't mind - do you play apex legends ? (Judging by your username)

I kind of get where you're coming from. Because you don't see people using it in your vicinity, it doesn't seem popular.

However, as others have pointed out, many many people get a computer just to browse and open a word processor. That would remove lots of windows and mac devices from the stats too. And if corporate devices weren't counted, that'd be a lot too.

Do you believe the majority of people even know what OS they're using?

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