Linux has gone mainstream a long time ago - from dvd players to android phones. It just hasn’t succceeded on old preexisting markets ( personal computers ) but has taken large parts of most of the newly created ones ( servers , mobile devices , embedded devices etc )

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fergal_reid 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yes - but this will be the year of Linux on the desktop.

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ReptileMan 2 hours ago | parent [-]

one of the more interesting things about the harnesses and agents is that they solve a lot of the ops issues in both linux and windows desktops.

A prompt with - "disable telemetry, disable useless services and memory hogging ones, disable auto restart" makes windows quite bearable.

	▲	thewebguyd 19 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		The core difference there being, those settings will stick on Linux, and Microsoft will happily revert them next Windows feature update without telling you.
	▲	KetoManx64 an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		And then on the next Windows update they will all be turned back on again.

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Forgeties79 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I feel like this is a little nitpicky. Clearly they are talking about mainstream for the average home computer user as a daily driver OS. Even with the steam deck it’s barely touching 5%. It’s still obscure and mysterious to the vast majority of the population in a way windows and macOS aren’t.

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sejje 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I've been a techie my whole life, and for me, the mysterious OS is macOS. I haven't used it since high school (late 90s), which is when I picked up linux at home.

I was never able to afford mac products as a young person, and now that I can, I wouldn't part with linux.

	▲	Forgeties79 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I really don’t feel like I need to explain how this is not what I’m talking about.

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ZiiS 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The percentage of computers involved running Windows when you Google, Netflix, Amazon, Bank, Email on your Windows laptop is less then 50%.

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Forgeties79 2 hours ago | parent [-]

As I said to the other person, I really don’t feel like I need to explain how this is not what we are talking about.

Go ask 100 random people to name 1 Linux distro.

	▲	KetoManx64 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Go ask 100 people what operating system they're using and if they do say windows, ask them what version.

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falsemyrmidon 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

With the steam deck 5% is around 300% to 500% growth over the last 5 years

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pjmlp 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Linux kernel is an implementation detail on Android, not exposed to userspace.

Consumers don't care what kernel runs on their electronics.