• nexussapphire@lemm.ee
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        8 months ago

        My mother asked me to switch her over to Linux about a year ago. Never had an issue since. It wouldn’t have been possible without the work wine and steam have done to make playing games on Linux possible.

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          8 months ago

          I’ve long made using Linux a condition for free IT support. I assist with switching for the willing. It reduces the amount of support I have to do which allows me to support a lot more people. ☺️

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            8 months ago

            It’s like smoking, they gotta decide to quit on their own. I had my reasons for staying on Windows for as long as I have.

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        8 months ago

        To be clear, while Linux has won much of the mobile market - FreeBSD still has roughly a third of the market worldwide, and more than half in the US for an example.

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        8 months ago

        Server was won pretty quickly as Linux became the only remaining Unix.

        Mobile was won because Google picked it as a kernel, however it’s at best a pyrrhic victory because the userspace has nothing to do with other Linux.

        Desktop also needs a specific event to be won, it won’t just grow up progressively for no reason.