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    [–] mightyfoolish@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

    2023 was the year of the Linux desktop.

    1. Got Discord and Zoom off the store
    2. Zoom screen and webcam sharing just worked
    3. Was able to even switch Bluetooth profile through GUI
    4. Essentially any game that didn't use a kernel level spyware works
    5. Chromebook hardware in the $500 range is pretty good
    6. Must software is web based.

    I recommend OpenSuse Tumbleweed. Install once, update weekly or biweekly. (It's a rolling release, so it doesn't have major upgrades like Windows 10 to 11 does.) About a month ago I did an upgrade on my old laptop. Handled 2 years of updates flawlessly.

    [–] pkill@programming.dev 1 points 9 months ago

    I left tumbleweed for alpine and artix because even if you always use --no-recommends for package installation it seems to ship just too much bloat and I left it after it shipped some broken software I didn't need anyway but must've affected system stability too severely, iSCSI iirc

    [–] aCodeCrafter@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

    As much as I hate to say it, I wonder how much of these are Chromebooks

    [–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

    Growth is being driven a lot by the Steam Deck.

    [–] CodexArcanum@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

    I have a deck, a few old laptops that have all gone Linux now, and a windows desktop for gaming. The deck being so good, and Windows 11 being so bad, has nearly convinced me to try Linux on the actual desktop.

    I think there are still a few games and applications (I'm primarily a C# dev for work) that I "need" Windows for but the case for dropping as much MS from my life as possible has never been stronger.

    [–] Mo5560@feddit.de 0 points 9 months ago

    I can't speak for everyone but I used to say "I can't drop windows because I need XYZ programs all the time".

    Well turns out I don't, and turns out it's surprisingly easy to tell my employer (well my professor really, I am a PhD student) "Sorry I can't run that program, I don't have windows". If they don't accept it, they can supply me with a windows PC.

    [–] recapitated@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

    There's never been a bad year for the Linux desktop. The share size doesn't matter. So, yes, it is the year of the Linux desktop in my book and it has been that way for decades.

    [–] QuaternionsRock@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

    The share size doesn't matter.

    Gotta disagree with you there. Market adoption should be a primary concern of those who care about the Linux ecosystem.

    [–] nexguy@lemmy.world -1 points 9 months ago

    The more it's adopted the more it will turn into windows.