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Linux traffic has grown 22.4% in PH this year (feddit.uk)
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[–] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

That's an important step, for sure, but that's not going to push the majority.

I'm that guy for plenty of people and the number of times a conversation starts with "so I bought..." is crazy. It's basically the first thing anyone says to me when they need help.

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago

    This.

    The one step that would really push a lot would be if you can go to your local electronics store and buy a PC there with Linux preinstalled and completely setup, just like you can with Windows, Mac and ChromeOS.

    That's why the Steam Deck actually pushed the Linux market share quite a bit.

    I mean, there is a thing like that and it's called Chromebooks, but we, the tech people, deemed ChromeOS not Linux enough and told everyone not to buy chromebooks.

    But still ChromeOS is by far the most popular Linux distro with about 5x the market share of the next most popular Linux distro (which is Arch, thanks to the Steam Deck).

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago

    I don’t know if you already use Linux or not, but if you do you have a valid excuse for why you can’t help them with their impulse buy from HP. So if they want your help, they can take your suggestions for where to get a Linux computer, such as System76, Framework, and I think even some Dell models come with it preinstalled. There’s probably some I forgot, but the point is, those selling Linux machines are in a growth market that only seems to be accelerating. It should be only a matter of time before more players want a piece of that.

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