Anarch157a@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoThe year of Linux on the desktop is closer. Linux reaches 3% of desktopsweb.archive.orgexternal-linkmessage-square204fedilinkarrow-up1872arrow-down118
arrow-up1854arrow-down1external-linkThe year of Linux on the desktop is closer. Linux reaches 3% of desktopsweb.archive.orgAnarch157a@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.ml · 2 years agomessage-square204fedilink
minus-squaredreadedsemi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoWhat if we count WSL and Android?
minus-squareMarcellusDrum@lemmy.mlMlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·2 years agoCounting Android is just lying. ChromeOS and WSL are a stretch, but you can make an argument for them.
minus-squarewoelkchen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·2 years agoLinux kernel is Linux kernel. Few desktops run Android, though.
minus-squarestappern@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agocompletely useless if its locked behind a locked bootloader. having a linux that you cant modify is losing the reason to use linux.
minus-squarewoelkchen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoLinux market share is not the same as Grub market share. Torvalds is against the GPL v3 because he explicitly does not mind locked bootloaders and signed kernels.
minus-squarefmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoWSL definitely. It’s a gateway drug I’ve peddled to many a developer.
minus-squaresudo_tee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoWSL on my work machine is a godsend. Otherwise I would not be able to tolerate the dev environment on windows.
minus-squareZiro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-22 years agoThis is why I had to switch. It was just too clunky to get CUDA and Pytorch and Tensorflow set up in Windows. In Linux, it was a total breeze. Edit: And then I thought, “well, wouldn’t it be great if I didn’t have to use Windows to use Linux?”
minus-squarefmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoYup. First comes WSL, then comes a VM, then comes the good stuffs.
minus-squareslimsalm@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoFor me its history repeats itself with dos and msdos.
What if we count WSL and Android?
Counting Android is just lying. ChromeOS and WSL are a stretch, but you can make an argument for them.
“3 billion devices run Java”
Linux kernel is Linux kernel. Few desktops run Android, though.
completely useless if its locked behind a locked bootloader. having a linux that you cant modify is losing the reason to use linux.
Linux market share is not the same as Grub market share. Torvalds is against the GPL v3 because he explicitly does not mind locked bootloaders and signed kernels.
He can go get fucked too
WSL definitely. It’s a gateway drug I’ve peddled to many a developer.
WSL on my work machine is a godsend. Otherwise I would not be able to tolerate the dev environment on windows.
This is why I had to switch. It was just too clunky to get CUDA and Pytorch and Tensorflow set up in Windows. In Linux, it was a total breeze.
Edit: And then I thought, “well, wouldn’t it be great if I didn’t have to use Windows to use Linux?”
Yup. First comes WSL, then comes a VM, then comes the good stuffs.
For me its history repeats itself with dos and msdos.