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[–] [email protected] 70 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Crazy to think that one of twenty people I meet outside use Linux

[–] [email protected] 58 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I doubt one in twenty people I meet outside even use a computer regularly.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 2 months ago

You guys have met 20 people?!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeach i have a high suspicion a lot of those gains is not ( or not only ) beacuse linux is gaining popularity but beacuse desktop pcs are loosing one. Especialy if the methodology is based on web stats ( i myself quite often use smartphone to browse even if i actually use pc right now to do whatewer im doing right now ).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is measuring desktop market share only. You can click to see all platforms where you can see Windows seems to be losing most of its market share to Android in the last few months.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

But that's my point. Pepole abandoning pc all together are likely for lack of the better word normies that are very very unlikely to use linux. Wheras pepole who are sticking with PC for whatewer reasons are more likely to be in a group that uses linux. Its just a hypotesis tho , nothing more than a mere speculation.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 months ago

No, the ones who use Linux don't go outside.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I know 4 irl. all are my converts

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

but do you write while wearing programming socks