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Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share In USA (ostechnix.com)
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[–] 44 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Hopefully this surge in users make people want to develop for it a lot more and break more walls for others who are interested.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    The bad thing is that more malware will arrive to Linux and from time to time malware that exploit undiscovered vulnerabilities.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    It was already a pretty attractive target because of servers for everything. I’m not sure reaching 5% desktop market share will really make it more attractive for malware.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    It would, because desktop users are a lot easier to infect than servers. They might be a lot less valuable than servers, but at the same time, they are much less secure. I'm sure there are plenty of people who would prefer going for the easier targets if there is enough of them to make up for the smaller value.

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