Not strictly gaming related, but we do cover other important or interesting things here and there. According to netmarketshare for three months straight Linux marketshare has gone up.
2016
April: 1.65%
May : 1.79%
June : 2.02%
July : 2.33%
It may still be small, it may be slow, but damn that's a healthy sign if I ever saw one.
If this can continue for a while I will be rather happy.
Most importantly, what do you readers make of this? Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
2016
April: 1.65%
May : 1.79%
June : 2.02%
July : 2.33%
It may still be small, it may be slow, but damn that's a healthy sign if I ever saw one.
If this can continue for a while I will be rather happy.
Most importantly, what do you readers make of this? Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Mohandevir Aug 3, 2016
For my part, something is happening. There was never that much curiosity and willingness to try Linux.
Just at work I converted a friend to Linux Mint and he converted three other co-workers to Linux.
Microsoft's repeated intrusions and forced upgrades are responsible for this, from what I hear. People are fed up by MS's "Whe know what is good for you and you'll like it". MS went too far, this time.
Just at work I converted a friend to Linux Mint and he converted three other co-workers to Linux.
Microsoft's repeated intrusions and forced upgrades are responsible for this, from what I hear. People are fed up by MS's "Whe know what is good for you and you'll like it". MS went too far, this time.
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ElectricPrism Aug 3, 2016
I've converted 7 people so far. Elementary was the first stop, and the second stop was Arch - it helps to make a Install Guide listing software, utilities etc and things to do with a vanilla install.
Rolling release is so nice... I love it so much.
Rolling release is so nice... I love it so much.
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Quoting: ElectricPrismI've converted 7 people so far. Elementary was the first stop, and the second stop was Arch - it helps to make a Install Guide listing software, utilities etc and things to do with a vanilla install.
Rolling release is so nice... I love it so much.
Don't give newbies arch, when an untested package breaks it they are going to blame "Linux" and go back Windows. In the process they will tell everyone their horrible experience with Linux.
Rolling Releases are great when you have the know how to fix it. Casual users belong on more stable distros
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Quoting: Grim85Don't give newbies arch, when an untested package breaks it they are going to blame "Linux" and go back Windows.
Not if they don't upgrade their boxes.
Quoting: "neowiz73"I guess 2016 may in fact be the "year of the linux desktop"
2012 was the year of the Linux desktop (Ubuntu 12.04 was so good). But 2016 may be the year we make the Linux desktop great again.
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Quoting: tmtvlNot if they don't upgrade their boxes.
If you're not going to upgrade it, then why bother with a rolling release? The longer you leave an Arch box without upgrades the more likely that upgrades will break it anyway
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I bought a new gaming laptop, with a gtx 960m on it. I erased windows 10 and installed KDE Neon on it. I also installed it on my previous laptop as a dual boot and was using KDE Neon on that almost always. On the windows side I had to install a GWX removal tool that I was lucky enough to stumble upon in order to remove all traces of windows 10 because Microhard doesn't listen to no means no.
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Quoting: whitewolfguyQuoting: BeamboomI see many of you speculating if this has anything to do with win10 but looking at win and mac percentages it rather looks more like we've taken users from Mac, not Windows...(!)
Hmmm...according to the site data shown in the article, in January Windows had 90.61% and in July it had 89.79%, Mac OS had in January 7.68% and in July it had 7.87%, then considering only NetMarketShare data, Window had a slight drop and Linux had a small increase. But I do not I analyzed the data from the other sites mentioned in the posts.
Look at the numbers for the time span we talk about here, April to July. Mac drops, Linux rise, Windows stays practically the same.
Last edited by Beamboom on 4 August 2016 at 5:04 am UTC
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Kuduzkehpan Aug 4, 2016
Rise Of Linux no doubt about it.
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I wondered about the Chrome OS effect too, as it was my gateway to Linux. Playing around with Linux and seeing what it had to offer was so easy and calamity free on a Chromebook. Intrigue about Elementary OS drew me in, and now I'm a daily Gallium OS user (Linux distro designed for Chromebooks). With millions of more CB's being sold each year, Android support coming, and tons of students playing around with them in schools, I'm sure some fraction of those folks will try a Linux install...
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Looking at ChromeOS percentage on Clicky says it dropped from around 0.6% in beginning of june to 0.3%-0.2% in august. That's a massive drop! I'm thinking it's because of schools out for the summer? ChromeOS is mostly used on school laptops etc?
The increase in Linux seems to be a summer influx as well?
The increase in Linux seems to be a summer influx as well?
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