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Linux has over 6% of the desktop market? Yes, you read that right - here's how (www.zdnet.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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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.

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[–] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

If you run a repo-only system, where everything you install comes from the first-party distro repo, you'll likely be fine. Just as you are on Windows or Android if you only download apps from the first-party store.

But like on Windows and Android, you'll quickly reach the limit of what you can do with first-party store only.

Especially stuff like gaming requires non-repo/non-store stuff pretty quickly, and then you are on exactly the same turf as on Windows.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    There's no world where Windows users only use the official store. In fact, that's why every "S" version of Windows always failed.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago*

    Exactly my point. Also on Linux you quickly get to the limits of what you can find in the first-party repos without ppas or downloading .rpm/.deb/... files. And same as on Windows, having a malware-free first-party repo/store won't protect you from malware if you download your programs from elsewhere.

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