Linux marketshare is now big enough to fit tux inside the chart! We did it!
It’s better to stay away from windows if you’re having a wank.
Brilliant
That’d make a great switch to Linux billboard.
You don’t want an agentic AI to coach you through the process or relevant ads after?
unfortunately this is mostly an instance of https://xkcd.com/1102/
It’s probably SteamDecks alone.
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.
What? 5% to 6%? That’s great and all but it’s hardly moving the needle.
It’s huge because the people who do the tech support in the families are moving.
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…
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.
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.
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.
This probably won’t be showing up on shelves at best buy along side computers from the likes of Dell, HP, and Lenovo. I kind of expect it to show up next to the Xbox, PlayStation, and switch, if it shows up at all.
Also, steamOS is not exactly a desktop operating system right out of the gate, is entirely gaming focused. Yeah, you can use it for those things, but that’s not the focus of the device/OS.
I’m not sure Grandma and Grandpa would want a steam machine as a replacement for their aging Windows 7 home computer.
I’m not sure Grandma and Grandpa would want a steam machine as a replacement for their aging Windows 7 home computer.
Fair. But for my gram, it would have been a slam dunk day one buy. She loved her playstation and only tolerated her PC. She would have called a Steam Machine “my game console that can check email” and would have adored it.
why not?? best buy sells steam decks and the ROG ally… costco sells garbage pre-builts, there is no reason the gabecube shouldn’t find retail shelf space, especially since xbox seems intent on exiting the console market.
the fact that it’s a linux box is only appealing to nerds, how may ppl actually ran linux on the ps3?? hint: a lot less people than were upset when sony took it away lol. gabecube being a pc is a bonus feature, will it be a big enough bonus feature to drive sales like bundling your fist dvd or bluray player?? probably not… but it will be enough to maybe sway a few people sitting on the fence?? maybe!
So honest question, what is everyone’s hopes with the increase in Linux desktop use?
Like when I think about it the only thing I really care about is that I have decent hardware/driver support and holdouts for anti-cheat give up on requiring other operating systems (mostly so that my wife and eldest child stop complaining that I can’t play Fortnite with them) as well as other random stuff that flat-out blocks use with Linux and requires either extra configuration or to keep a spare computer around with Windows.
Basically I hope that Linux can be where MacOS was about a decade ago, a second platform that vendors are aware of and will put in some amount of effort in to support (and will be clear about limitations/lack of support otherwise) and it won’t be as weird to employers or schools if you have a preference for the platform
a little funny to see someone say the same exact thing as me, but conclude the opposite thing
https://fosstodon.org/@Logical/_Error/115674824627182408
that 1% gain translates to a lot of people. app devs will hopefully target linux now as there are finally a sizable amt of people on the platform. its breaking the chicken and egg cycle
no need to worry about the software fragmentation. it gives OEMs a choice on how they would like to sell a system. we dont want to be like android now do we. i see it as a plus
These are all valid opinions. Certainly 1% of movement is better than no movement. Certainly gets us closer to the goal, but IMO, it will take more movement before publishers will take Linux seriously, especially for more custom applications.
And I can buy this configuration off of a shelf at best buy?
🤷🏻
I don’t buy stuff in real life stores…
Most non-tech-enthusiast people do.
And that’s my point.
While that is a good point (and an xkcd I didn’t know), the stats say Linux also had the largest absolute growth, so it’s not quite as misleading as you make it out to be
Yeah, I wish they’d made the second graph show percentage point difference instead of percentage growth.
You can get a good approximation, multiply the pie graph percentages by a plausible population of PornHub users, get plausible numbers for each group, use those numbers to work out plausible numbers for the second graph
Now that Linux is mainstream where do we move to feel elitist? DragonFly BSD? Redox OS?
The real elites shall forever be the Plan9 group. There’s dozens of users! Dozens!
SerenityOS is “a love letter to '90s user interfaces with a custom Unix-like core”.
It’s good enough to be proud of, while alienating normal people, not incidentally, like linux used to, but on purpose, like this sentence does, making it a great for elitists.Perfect. Installing now.
Next year will be SerenityOS desktop year!
I thought it was not recommended to run on bare metal? There are some other obscure OSes that can run fine on bare metal (although Serenity is not really obscure in the foss space, only in the mainstream)
One could alternatively run GNU hurd, then you also get Debian but also cachè
I preordered a Jolla. Chasing that “0.6 % Other” high.
HaikuOS
Create ExLisperOS and you’re good to go.
freedos, obviously
Lots of wankers using Linux, eh?
People probably don’t want to watch it with their Microsoft employee.
Frustrating that you can’t even get to the pornhub press pages and look at the year in review without hopping on VPN if you’re in a restricted area. I feel like Cherie Deville with her PSA on the block page might technically be the most viewed model on there now.
I feel your pain.
Cries in Tennessee
Good job gooners.
Would love to see what kind of porn Linux users watch compared to others.
“Femboy” or furry, obviously.
I use Arch btw.
Personally, nothing on PornHub.
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AI agents and web scrapers surely
I would expect AI scrapers to fake a windows user-agent tbh.
I’m doing my part!
Heh, my “part”
angry upvote 😡
Hey. It’s been a lonely year. Don’t shame me, bro.
But nobody did…
I watch porn sometimes. Period. No need too add guilt, shame or anything negative too that. It is somethin people do and is part of how people live their sexuality and that’s that.
Linux usafe has surely grown, but I think a laege percentage of that are AI crawlers and shit like that.
I’m gonna fire up haiku and boost that other percentage
Genuine curiosity from someone not deeply familiar with the details - what sort of operating systems fall under “Other” for desktops?
Pretty much everything other than TempleOS. FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Haiku OS, Redox OS, Sculpt OS etc.
Imagine TempleOS for PH :) I’m not saying I don’t think it happens … but the irony.
Well, technically it’s not possible since OS doesn’t have network connection. At least unless someone learns C† and implements network connection into it. If Terry said it would be complicated, it’s probably a hard task. :)
Here’s an option :)
That’s… something I wasn’t expecting. :)
So if anyone does manage to hack TempleOS to have an internet connection, they probably earn the right to wank freely without losing the right to go to heaven right?
I’m doing my part
