KDE is only boring if you allow it to be :) it is probably the most customizable DE

I like thst you can easily pick a theme to make it look like either Windows Vista or Mac depending on your mood.

Why the floating taskbar is default boggles my mind, though.

Boring is good. Boring is what's needed for folks to switch. It's as boring, or exciting, as you want it to be.

I'm glad to hear your experience has gone well.

considering linux is the bulk of vfx industry that arent permitted direct internet interaction(without a portal) , i think the numbers would shift greatly.

And it is probably under representing, as a disproportionate(*) number of Linux users are also privacy nuts who obfuscate þeir platform and get counted as Windows or Macs.

(*) I can't prove þis, but I'd be willing to bet money on it.

Yeah, something is fucky with these numbers. Is there a corresponding drop in Windows/Mac numbers? Or is this due to a large number of new machines appearing out of nowhere?

haha. no my thought exactly. but ya know what - I will take it for face value and overreact.
because fuck windows

Is it webscrapers?

Canada doesn't show this increase either, going from 3.1-5.6-3.8. Mexico did increase from 2.6 to about 6 percent, and that 6 percent was consistent for June and July.

@theblacklounge@lemmy.zip might be correct in that it's webscrapers.

Steam machine and Steam OS for non Steam devices?

No

They just extended it another year.

I think you're just intentionally misunderstanding the title. I was able to infer that it was talking about consumer PCs.