According to the website 'Netmarketshare', Desktop Linux has finally hit 2% in June after three consecutive months of growth.
I would still take their figures with a pinch of salt, as there's no truly accurate way to get the overall statistics for each platform.
This does not include Android, even though it is using the Linux Kernel, it's captured separately as a different platform (as it should be).
The way the data is gathered is by using unique hits to over 40,000 websites, while that's rather a lot it is still just a sample.
It's debatable how accurate it is, but it's still pretty nice news to see it grow months in a row to hit an all-time high.
Thanks to all the people who messaged me about it. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
I would still take their figures with a pinch of salt, as there's no truly accurate way to get the overall statistics for each platform.
This does not include Android, even though it is using the Linux Kernel, it's captured separately as a different platform (as it should be).
The way the data is gathered is by using unique hits to over 40,000 websites, while that's rather a lot it is still just a sample.
It's debatable how accurate it is, but it's still pretty nice news to see it grow months in a row to hit an all-time high.
Thanks to all the people who messaged me about it. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Quoting: lucinoshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_VFKqw1q2Q
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Windows cannot win in the long run.
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Android is linux in the same way than gnu/linux is linux, that's an objective fact.
But linux (gnu/linux) in the last years has become a lot better, when steam came out it was an unstable mess compared to now, things like plasma 5 are helping linux a lot
With metal lacking many features and gl stuck on 4.1 I can see than in the future people like feral and aspyr will have a bad time trying to support mac os when it comes to AAA games. Because this bad decisions from apple, they will be happy than they started working on the linux market years ago, as a way to save their business on the long term.
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But linux (gnu/linux) in the last years has become a lot better, when steam came out it was an unstable mess compared to now, things like plasma 5 are helping linux a lot
Quoting: ShmerlGaming wise Linux already is probably ahead of OS X, especially for high end gaming. Apple's hardware simply can't cope with the times, and their software is even worse (OpenGL is in bit rot state there, no Vulkan support coming and so on). Expect OS X gaming usage to plummet going forward.
With metal lacking many features and gl stuck on 4.1 I can see than in the future people like feral and aspyr will have a bad time trying to support mac os when it comes to AAA games. Because this bad decisions from apple, they will be happy than they started working on the linux market years ago, as a way to save their business on the long term.
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Differentiating Android from what we call "Linux" meaning desktop OSes is "splitting hairs", yet "it's Windows, not PC!" is constantly argued here and everywhere without any kind of similar reprimand? That's odd, since the case against Android is stronger.
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GustyGhost Jul 2, 2016
Oh boy! 2%! We're really reaching for the skies now!
But seriously, this is really great news in that the growth happened rapidly within the last ~3 years. I hope it continues.
But seriously, this is really great news in that the growth happened rapidly within the last ~3 years. I hope it continues.
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ElectricPrism Jul 2, 2016
Yup switched grandpas 2 PCs to linux. No more Windows 10 problems anymore.
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Quoting: adolsonDifferentiating Android from what we call "Linux" meaning desktop OSes is "splitting hairs", yet "it's Windows, not PC!" is constantly argued here and everywhere without any kind of similar reprimand? That's odd, since the case against Android is stronger.That is a totally different kind of argument, the name Android is already associated to a different platform that doesn't make things confusing.
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boltronics Jul 2, 2016
[quote=liamdawe][quote=t3g]
See how the correct terminology - "Linux kernel", "Android", "GNU/Linux", etc and not "Linux" (without something to define the context) massively helps avoid such arguments and misunderstandings? It's a trivial matter to get right, and doing so is better for everyone.
Quoting: liamdaweWoah! Minor point? It's the whole reason for the confusion throughout this thread. Android is a different operating system to GNU/Linux because of included user-space components, even though they both share the same kernel. If people got the terminology correct, we wouldn't have this problem (and we would also be showing respect to a larger number of developers whom we should be thankful to).Quoting: devlandAgain, splitting hairs, it's a minor point.QuoteThis does not include Android, even though it is Linux,Here is a good read from the father himself: https://www.gnu.org/gnu/why-gnu-linux.html
Quoting: liamdaweWe just have different opinions and I think it's a bit of a silly argument to have.Silly to you maybe, but to other people (who made significant contributions to your OS), you are being disrespectful. What I find silly is the fact that there is even an argument about this. I understand that we're all big on proprietary games here, but that doesn't mean all of us don't care about free software where we can.
Quoting: liamdaweI don't agree with the rule that it's not Linux unless it specifically works on the desktop with .debs and so on.Again with the terminology. If you said "the Linux kernel works with more than just desktops with .debs and so on", you would be absolutely correct. If you said "I don't agree with the rule that it's not GNU/Linux unless it specifically works on the desktop", you would still be correct since there are still various GNU devices outside of desktops, but I suspect you were mainly referring to Android which wouldn't count in that case.
See how the correct terminology - "Linux kernel", "Android", "GNU/Linux", etc and not "Linux" (without something to define the context) massively helps avoid such arguments and misunderstandings? It's a trivial matter to get right, and doing so is better for everyone.
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Alright fine, let's leave the argument there.
If I had worded that one tiny bit in the article differently we wouldn't be having this repeating argument :p
Everyone is now focusing on that minor point rather than the article itself.
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If I had worded that one tiny bit in the article differently we wouldn't be having this repeating argument :p
Everyone is now focusing on that minor point rather than the article itself.
Last edited by Liam Dawe on 2 July 2016 at 8:05 am UTC
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boltronics Jul 2, 2016
Quoting: liamdaweAlright fine, let's leave the argument there.
If I had worded that one tiny bit in the article differently we wouldn't be having this repeating argument :p
Everyone is now focusing on that minor point rather than the article itself.
Okay, deal. :)
I actually meant to mention how exciting I think it is to hit 2% desktop usage across 40k measured websites. This is awesome!
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It's Android/Linux. End of discussion.
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