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   :blobcathug: (jain@blob.cat)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Mar-2024 19:23:26 JST :blobcathug:
   So, Linux is used over 4% on Desktop Computers now :blobcattoot:
   Windows is used over 72%
   https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide
   
   With every new Windows Version, M$ pisses of Windows Users even more than before. I think this is the main reason that still over 67% use Windows 10 and do not use Windows 11 which is used over 28% on Windows Computers.
   
   Now a small prediction:
   From those 67% Windows 10 Users, i think its realistic to say that around 20% might change to macos and maybe 5 % will change to linux. The reason is, that M$ for the first time in History will not support multiple Windows Versions over the same Timespan:
   People switched from XP to 7, a minority used Vista tho
   People switched from 7 to 10, a minority used 8 tho.
   And since one wont be able to switch from Windows 10 to Windows 12 and M$ fucked up 11 so hard, i expect that some people will just say fuck this shit and move to something else.
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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Mar-2024 19:26:08 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     @Jain That something else for most people could end up being ChromeOS which I don't think is counted as "Linux" by statcounter.com
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     :blobcathug: (jain@blob.cat)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Mar-2024 19:26:24 JST :blobcathug:

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     • Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:
     @lanodan that could be
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Mar-2024 21:04:29 JST 翠星石

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     @Jain >So, Linux is used over 4% on Desktop Computers now
     Pretty much every web browser doesn't care about what kernel you use, but cares a lot about dependencies, including GNU ones.
     
     Statcounter only seems to measure useragents on normie sites, which is of limited accuracy, considering that many normie systemd/Linux users are probably spoofing their useragent to a windows one (Tor Browser randomly swaps between useragents as well).
     
     >With every new Windows Version, M$ pisses of Windows Users even more than before. I think this is the main reason that still over 67% use Windows 10 and do not use windows 11 which is used over 28% on Windows Computers.
     A lot of the reason is probably because 11 refuses by default to run on anything but the most recent computers that have "fTPM" implemented in the CPU - therefore billions of computers that work fine that people are using now won't run windows 11.
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     Jamie (jamie@fedi.jametek.com)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Mar-2024 21:17:48 JST Jamie

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     @Jain Well. I’ve had Linux on my desktop since somewhere around 93-94.

     People still run windows? That thing you launch from dos?

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Mar-2024 22:00:43 JST 翠星石

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     @hexaheximal I'm not sure what you're on about.
     
     I haven't gone after anyone.
     
     Please explain how I have possibly attacked vital64 my making general comments?
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     hexaheximal (hexaheximal@blob.cat)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Mar-2024 22:00:45 JST hexaheximal

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     @Suiseiseki @Jain wait... you're the same person who went after @vitali64sur 🤨
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Mar-2024 22:00:51 JST 翠星石

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     • hexaheximal
     @hexaheximal I'm not sure what you're on about.
     
     I haven't gone after anyone.
     
     Please explain how I have attacked vital64 by making general comments?