Clickbaity title on the original article, but I think this is the most important point to consider from it:

After getting to 1% in approximately 2011, it took about a decade to double that to 2%. The jump from 2% to 3% took just over two years, and 3% to 4% took less than a year.

Get the picture? The Linux desktop is growing, and it’s growing fast.

  • Ptsf@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    About to be 6.0000001% when my Kubuntu download finishes. I’m finally taking the dive boys, linux on main here we go.

        • eta@feddit.orgEnglish
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          3 months ago

          I only installed it once for fun in a VM but didn’t really use it. It’s different to Linux but you could get used to it. As far as I know however the hardware that it properly runs on is quite limited, mainly older stuff. So I wouldn’t recommend it as a daily driver but I would recommend to try it out.

            • eta@feddit.orgEnglish
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              3 months ago

              Can you use OPNsense for general things or is it tailored to one specific usecase?

  • limer@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    When it gets to 7%, is that when there is more malware designed for Linux desktop ?

    • comfy@lemmy.ml
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      3 months ago

      Yeah, unfortunate to rain in the parade but GNU/Linux definitely needs some attention sooner rather than later. Plenty of design benefits, but also plenty of pitfalls from an OS sec POV.

      Average users aren’t installing SELinux or Qubes so I hope no-one was actually going to reply with what Linux can do as opposed to the everyday user experience.

      A few years outdated, but relevant: https://madaidans-insecurities.github.io/linux.html

      • kadu@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        but also plenty of pitfalls from an OS sec POV.

        Can’t possibly be more vulnerable than Windows, the system where you can elevate yourself to highest privileges by simply clicking “Yes” on a prompt without a password, and where most users are running outdated versions of their software because they never update anything, or have a thousand background “updater” applets that are scheduled to run periodically and have the ability to install arbitrary executables from their servers.