in 2030 GNU/Linux will surely have 90% Market share of desktop computer operating systems (the other 10% beig BSD, RedoxOS and other FLOSS *nix systems)
comic source: https://analognowhere.com/_/lxnslh/
Pay no attention to desktop dying as people lose awareness of personal computing and lock themselves into closed ecosystems.
I was surprised how many co-workers my age and younger (GenZ) don't even own a laptop let alone a desktop.
I know it was becoming more niche, but didn't expect it to happen that fast...
I'm a millennial but I didn't own my own PC until I was like 21 (even then, half the parts in it were handmedowns from my Dad). I would have never been able to afford a laptop of the time. Computers are an expensive purchase all at once. Phones come with subsidized plans. That's probably why you see a lot more bias towards them.
It's weird that I had a tower desktop as a kid when it was niche, and I still have a tower desktop 35 years later when it's niche again.
As general purpose computers become more and more rare, I am desperately hoping that a free and open-source revolution comes to the smartphone space. C'mon year of the Linux phone!
The goal posts keep moving. I remember when it was the Year of Linux. Linux dominates every market except Desktop and Console. The Year of "Desktop" Linux is what we've shifted too. The only thing that's kept Windows the dominant OS on Desktop is vendor lockin. Windows isn't even the dominant OS on Azure. How pathetic. Without vendor lockin, Linux would have seen all kinds of money for engineering efforts from PC manufacturers for Desktop. Sad part is, so many people actually think they chose Windows.
"You can have any color car you want, as long as it's green." - Comrade Car Salesman
right now is my year of the linux laptop :3
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Crap, I had it originally, but I spelled the community name wrong, edited it and forgot the !.
We know that it'll probably be a suicide, as Windows is slowly taking it's own life as we speak.
Can't tell if this is satire or just more deluded, out of touch wishful thinking. Don't get me wrong: I would LOVE to see Microsoft dethroned. But Windows would have to become literally unusable before we see a mass migration to Linux.
become * unusable
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Also *find a second adverb
satirical wishful thinking