Tux@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoLinux hits exactly 2% user share on the October 2024 Steam Surveywww.gamingonlinux.comexternal-linkmessage-square101fedilinkarrow-up1542arrow-down116 cross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.workslinux_gaming@lemmy.mlpcgaming@lemmy.ca
arrow-up1526arrow-down1external-linkLinux hits exactly 2% user share on the October 2024 Steam Surveywww.gamingonlinux.comTux@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square101fedilink cross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.workslinux_gaming@lemmy.mlpcgaming@lemmy.ca
minus-squareTux@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down2·edit-23 days agoWell maybe Linux most likely to hit ~7% global OS market share and total 5%+ Steam Survey user share next 10 years (its just prediction)
minus-squareCeeBee_Eh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoOver 15% marketshare in India
minus-squareHanrahan@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down8·2 days agoI hope it languishes around 3-4% at most, if it does get 7%-10% enshitification inevitably ensues and it will grow more and get worse
minus-squarerbits@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 days agoIf that happens, you can just switch to another distro. That’s the point of Linux
minus-squarepixelscript@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoI’d be more than happy to sacrifice a distro I don’t care about like Ubuntu to the mainstream if it means Microsoft’s market cap gets a sizeable chunk taken out of it.
minus-squareKITA@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down5·3 days agoKeep dreaming. Not that I hope Linux doesn’t do well. But I can’t imagine it’ll continue to grow into the future.
Well maybe Linux most likely to hit ~7% global OS market share and total 5%+ Steam Survey user share next 10 years (its just prediction)
Over 15% marketshare in India
thats amazing, why is that?
Dunno. I don’t live there.
I hope it languishes around 3-4% at most, if it does get 7%-10% enshitification inevitably ensues and it will grow more and get worse
If that happens, you can just switch to another distro. That’s the point of Linux
I’d be more than happy to sacrifice a distro I don’t care about like Ubuntu to the mainstream if it means Microsoft’s market cap gets a sizeable chunk taken out of it.
Keep dreaming. Not that I hope Linux doesn’t do well. But I can’t imagine it’ll continue to grow into the future.