We see the nearly 33-year-old OS’s market share growing 31.3 percent from June 2023, when we last reported on Linux market share, to February. Since June, Linux usage has mostly increased gradually. Overall, there’s been a big leap in usage compared to five years ago. In February 2019, Linux was reportedly on 1.58 percent of desktops globally.
Well, Microsoft is doing everything they can to get people to switch to Linux right now…
Valve and Microsoft working together to get people to switch to Linux and make 2024 the Year of Linux on the desktop.
For those that are stuck with it: https://github.com/LeDragoX/Win-Debloat-Tools
The increase in Linux is actually from Apple. Both Linux and Windows usage increased while MacOS decreased.
I don’t really keep up with Apple stuff, what are they doing for this to possibly happen?
Such as? I love Windows 11 for Auto HDR alone. I never have to think about HDR at all in 11. It just works. In 10 the implementation was wonky at best. It often made things look worse so I literally never used it. Can’t wait for the dedicated Copilot key as well. 'Bout time they retired the useless Menu key. I don’t know of any Linux distro that integrates AI with the OS… Do you? Cause I’m still willing to switch so long as it has AI and a proper HDR implementation.
Ehy would you want “AI” in an OS?
There are very legitimate usecases.
Better offline translation, image descriptions for the less visually able, being able to search for specific images (e.g. going to the gallery app and searching for all your dog pics). This all could be done offline, privately, using ethically-sourced training data.
Is that how Microsoft will use AI? Lmao of course not
It’ll be used as a shitty chatbot that only exists to siphon your data and send it to Microsoft so they can target you with more ads, some of which will be pushed to you via that very same AI “assistant”.
I’m using AI in a very controlled manner, I don’t want somebody else to decide for me where it’s applied.
Also, Windows 11 doesn’t have support for ultrawide monitors, and I happen to have one.
What do you mean it doesn’t support ultrawide monitors? I had an ultrawide for almost a decade and every version of Windows supported it flawlessly.
The new task bar can’t be moved to a short edge, so it obstructs a significant part of the screen.
Windows 11 can be displayed on a ultra wide monitor, but it’s not designed to work on that aspect ratio.
So you technically can move the task bar to the edge in Windows 11, but it requires a registry change. Ludicrous, but if you’re a home user you can do it.
If you’re stuck on an IT-managed install for work like I am, however, you’re out of luck
Hm so you mean the task bar isn’t flexible then? Not quite what I understood by not working with ultrawides but I guess I can see where you’re coming from.
The only thing you can change is whether it’s centered or left justified, it’s not flexible at all.
The problem is that it takes up a significant amount of screen space for nothing.