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  • BB_C@programming.devtoLinux@programming.dev•Confused about linux as always
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    2 months ago

    I will let you on a little secret.

    The best “support” you can get is support from upstreams directly (I’m involved in both sides of that equation). But upstreams will often only “support” you when you 1. run the latest stable version 2. the upstream source code wasn’t patched willy-nilly by the packager (your distro).

    So the best desktop linux experience comes with using rolling distro that gives you such packages, with Arch being the most prominent example.

    The acquired knowledge that argues stability and tells you otherwise is a meme.

  • BB_C@programming.devtoLinux@programming.dev•Linux Desktop reaches New All time high. 4.45%(+0.4) 📈🐧
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    4 months ago

    Ask yourself:

    • Where do these stats come from?
    • What do they actually measure?
    • How can the total number of all Desktop Linux users or devices be known to anyone?

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    The fact of the matter is, none of these stats actually measure the number of users. Most of them are just totally flawed guestimates based on what is often limited web analytics data collected by them.

    In fact, not even the developers of a single distribution can guess the number of people/devices using/running that specific distribution. A distribution like Debian for example has mirrors, and mirrors to some mirrors, and maybe even mirrors to some mirrors to some mirrors. So if Debian developers can’t possibly know the number of Debian users, do you think OP’s site knows the total number of Desktop Linux users?

    And let’s not get into the fact that the limited data they collect itself is not even reliable. View desktop site on your Android phone’s browser. Congratulations! Now you’re a desktop Linux user. No special user-agent spoofing add-on needed. You’re even running X11. Good choice not following the Wayland fad too soon.