Every year since the day I switched has been my year of the linux desktop
I’ve never known any of my immediate circle of friends and family to have any interest whatsoever. Windows 11 has been the nail in the coffin for one, the steam deck has piqued the interest of another. Year of the Linux desktop is a pipe dream but any step towards greater adoption is a great thing.
I watch a few SteamDeck you tubers and they all have switched to Linux. One is waiting for SteamOS to finally drop. Which I can understand, I mean, he is a normie gamer and isn’t really looking to get into computers, just wants to play games. He sees SteamOS as a silver bullet, since he is problem free on his Steam Deck. Which just reiterates, normies don’t care what OS they run, they just want to do the thing they care about.
I wouldn’t say it’s a pipe dream either. 20 years ago, if I switched someone to Linux, they would eventually have a problem and switch back. Not because Linux was bad or anything like that. Now, if I switch someone, they just keep going with Linux. The year of Linux Desktop already came. It doesn’t dominate yet, but there are few niches that Linux doesn’t support, mostly the audio/art niche.
7% marketshare is coming for 2025!
i cant even imagine ~1 in every 15 people using linux. that means we all have a chance of knowing someone else irl that uses it. :o
Id be happy with that ngl
This image is from the early 00s
It’s slow but it’s coming. My technically illiterate mom got a steam deck this year and hasn’t struggled with it at all.
Ive been daily driving pop_os for a few months now and im never going back. I have a few friends very clearly curious asking me questions about usability and stuff, might convince them to dual boot at some point to test the waters so to speak.
#1 concern I hear from my circle is video game compatability, to which I saw ive not experienced many issues (and 0 that i couldnt fix) but i dont play modern triple A garbage notorious for issues on all systems, and at the end of the day if gamers never move to linux then support for it wont improve.
Games support is pretty good atm only issue is anticheat for triple a titles.
It won’t be a single year it’ll be many years, built entirely on something that has already happened (Proton)
Linux makes me forget I’m a narcissist
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I think it will but i recon it will take a while. Mint/vanilla os are pretty much ideal for the newbies. Ans steam os once it comes to desktop will be pretty good as well.
