Year of Linux on the Desktop

plague_sapiens , 6 months ago

I would recommend creating a Ventoy USB drive and download some live ISOs of your choice. Then boot them and let your BF try them. Because then he can choose a distro by his liking to the overall experience.

Arthur_Leywin , 6 months ago

All these people saying "use this or use that distro instead" is why Windows users don't go into Linux. Ubuntu is a solid choice for beginners because that's a distro with a lot of tutorials online if not the most.

onlinepersona , 6 months ago

Lol 0.06% usage in November 2023

https://i.imgur.com/HgRPw7P.png

https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey

There are more linux users than windows7 users.

sorrybookbroke , 6 months ago

0.69% (nice) on windows 7 64bit. That's 0.75% total or 0.91% including windows 8 which is also dying. This is slightly under half of the linux user base according to these statistics

labsin , 6 months ago

I think the 1.91 also includes the stream deck, but for some reason it isn't included in the list (it is included if you select only Linux). It is about 5.5x Arch so around 0.8% of the total installs.

So the discontinue versions are around the same number as Linux desktop installs.

EddyBot , 6 months ago

it is kinda wild that people abandon Windows 7 because of Steam and not because Microsoft stopped patching it several years ago

Ubuntu was chosen because Proton is officially supported in Ubuntu.

I don't think Steam actually recommends any distro since some time anymore

Takios , 6 months ago

People don't care about security until they get hit. Source: working in IT for 10 years.

hemko , 6 months ago

And then suddenly they care a lot and do all the wrong things for wrong reasons because they know shit

Oszilloraptor , 6 months ago

"I don't worry about missing security patches. I just have 5 anti-virus tools running simultaneously, they keep me safe."

meekah , 6 months ago

Or those people who actively avoid patches in general, because "they make my device slow"

de_lancre , 6 months ago

I mean, they do make your device slow. That why tools like InSpectre exists. For some old cpu's like my notebooks one it can be up to 20% performance impact, so if you not planning to use it with internet (or at least as main access point via browser) ever again, why not get yourself free performance?

Lem453 , 6 months ago

Nvidia gpu drivers wont even install on win 7 anymore. That by itself causes huge performance issues on new games that have driver optimizations.

Probably the same story for amd drivers

joneskind , 6 months ago

Isn't SteamOS based on Arch? Did I miss something?

MeanEYE , 6 months ago

It's based on Debian.

Cassa , 6 months ago

2.0 is debian based.
3.0 (the version on steamdeck) is arch based

(https://www.steamdeck.com/en/tech)

EddyBot , 6 months ago

the way SteamOS works is extremely different to how a regular Arch Linux runs so I wouldn't really conclude anything from that
it just shows how little the underlying distro matters

nekusoul , 6 months ago

it is kinda wild that people abandon Windows 7 because of Steam

There's this certain subsection of Win7/8 diehards that absolutely confuse me. It's one thing to keep using them on old systems, but I've seen a few people posting about their brand-new PC, equipped with RTX 4090s and 13th gen I9 processors, who are adamant on running those outdated operating systems as their only OS. Such a waste of money.

Cannacheques , 6 months ago

Nah I think it's just that windows 7 and 8 was and still is quite literally one of those ones where it hit the sweet spot between good UI and UX and actually having huge range and compatibility straight off the bat. Plus everything was pretty smooth back then, but hell, nobody ever says how many viruses and dumb apps were floating around for Windows 7x32 and x64