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Clickbaity title on the original article, but I think this is the most important point to consider from it:

After getting to 1% in approximately 2011, it took about a decade to double that to 2%. The jump from 2% to 3% took just over two years, and 3% to 4% took less than a year.

Get the picture? The Linux desktop is growing, and it's growing fast.

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[-] galoisghost@aussie.zone 117 points 2 weeks ago

Damn Linux becoming mainstream. How will I feel like a superior tech elite now?

[-] eta@feddit.org 66 points 2 weeks ago
[-] galoisghost@aussie.zone 36 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Pretty sure BSD is dying, Netcraft confirmed that like 30 years ago.

[-] Redex68@lemmy.world 43 points 2 weeks ago

That's why we need to switch to TempleOS

[-] logi@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Plan9 all the way!

[-] brown_guy45@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 weeks ago
[-] eta@feddit.org 9 points 2 weeks ago

I only installed it once for fun in a VM but didn't really use it. It's different to Linux but you could get used to it. As far as I know however the hardware that it properly runs on is quite limited, mainly older stuff. So I wouldn't recommend it as a daily driver but I would recommend to try it out.

[-] archy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I would definitely recommend OPNSense. The hardware support is quite good

[-] eta@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago

Can you use OPNsense for general things or is it tailored to one specific usecase?

[-] archy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

You can install packages on it, I'd say it's tailored to be a firewall/router

[-] brax@sh.itjust.works 25 points 2 weeks ago
[-] sunoc@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 weeks ago
[-] QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 6 points 2 weeks ago
[-] defuse959@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 weeks ago

If they’re typing I fear it may already be too late.

[-] FundMECFS@quokk.au 14 points 2 weeks ago

Delete all browsers. Only access the web using curl.

[-] Taldan@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

Curl? You thunk I can't craft my own web requests??

[-] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 weeks ago

Piefed is actually weirdly usable in w3m.

[-] kvadd@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago
[-] mrcleanup@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I assume you mean raw? Because I'm a noob and I installed Garuda, which is Arch, and it's been dead easy.

Everyone could use Arch! Let's all flex together!

[-] jsqribe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 weeks ago

Guess it's time to move to Gentoo ~ or Nix

[-] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 weeks ago
[-] kittenz 1 points 2 weeks ago

One day Haiku will be ready

[-] Sas@beehaw.org 5 points 2 weeks ago

You can still use arch (btw) and be a superior tech elite to me, who just uses bazzite because i don't want to tinker in my free time

[-] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago
[-] LeFantome@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago

Lots of “elite” distros to use. No need to ditch Linux.

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