Generated via ublue's countme script https://github.com/ublue-os/countme/blob/main/growth_global.svg

Here is Fedora's upstream graph to compare:

A graph showing that Bazzite has reached 31.6k users while other Fedora Atomic Distros show marginal growth
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[–] 30 points 1 year ago (17 children)

Let’s see, Microsoft kills 10, which nobody really loved but they were willing to tolerate. Microsoft insists they move to 11, which is universally reviled.

Gamers predictably say “fuck this” and install the first gaming-oriented alternative to windows 11 they can find on Bing, and then this happens.

Has Microsoft realized the Intel-level deep shit they are in yet?

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  • [–] 26 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Microsoft doesn't actually care because most of their revenue is from corporate environments tied to the OS and their cloud offerings. Everyday users are nothing to them, which is why they don't try harder to keep you from using unactivated copies of windows. You are nothing

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    The IT folk doesn't have any power in big companies. They get told what to install by higher management. And higher management usually knows fuckall about computers but does listen to consultants and fancy buzzwords which is something Microsoft is insanely good at.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    5k in 2 months isn’t a lot.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Not if we look at it as linear growth. But in the environment we are in, this has the potential to be exponential growth.

    Remember when Intel intentionally ignored the mobile market?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    But the mobile market is filled in now and android is the windows of mobile

    This isnt a magical new market.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    I think it may be dawning on them. I'm on an international holiday & didn't get time to faff about installing Linux before I left. But I discovered the day before my flight that Microsoft has extended its offer of security updates for another year to individuals as well as businesses free of charge, and signed up. Last time I'd looked I'm sure ESU was for businesses only.

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/extended-security-updates

    The bit that made me laugh was: "ESU enrollment does not provide other types of fixes, feature improvements, or product enhancements." Phew!

    I'll crack on with upgrading to Linux when I get home, nice little winter project.

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