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  • abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    29 days ago

    > “Linux never succeeded.”

    > Almost all Supercomputers run Linux.

    > Most Web Servers Run Linux

    > Is the basis for Android

    lol wat

    • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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      29 days ago

      Also:

      At this rate steam on linux will hit like 10% in a few years.

      The general desktop marketshare of linux is slightly higher than the steam. Its at like 4.5% already

      • Hudell@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        29 days ago

        One other factor that also influences Linux’ market share is that a lot of people just don’t use PCs anymore and rely only on smartphones. I assume that Linux users are less likely to stop using PCs completely than Windows Users are (or rather, that people who don’t even get into PCs would have been less likely to become Linux users if they did)

        So it’s not just direct conversion from Windows to Linux, but also a higher retention of users somewhat.

        • tempest@lemmy.caEnglish
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          29 days ago

          Exactly. People are talking about jumping ship from Windows to Linux after the recent update while regular people have moved to phones 10 years ago

    • mech@feddit.orgEnglish
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      29 days ago

      Sorry, Windows still dominates the computer OS market.
      Except for computers that are small, computers that are large, computers that are very fast, computers that are resource-limited, computers most used by normal people (mobile) and computers most used by enterprises (server VMs).

      But desktop computers that are used to launch MS Office or games, boy does Microsoft still dominate that market.

      • rbos@lemmy.caEnglish
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        29 days ago

        You had me triggered in the first sentence but I came around, haha

    • LwL@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      29 days ago

      I am reminded of that one time we went to lunch with one of our scrum masters and he actually said “why does linux even still exist anymore”.

      I didn’t even get into all of that i just told him i switched my home pc to linux a few months ago lol

  • Zoabrown@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    28 days ago

    “Linux never succeeded” is such a funny take when it’s quietly running most servers, phones (Android), and a ton of embedded stuff. The real Linux rule is: if it works, nobody notices 😄

  • Thorry@feddit.orgEnglish
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    29 days ago

    I know Lovense Lush uses a Nordic nRF51822 microcontroller, this doesn’t run a full OS normally. It runs ARM machine code directly, usually programmed in a C variant in something like Keil. They provide an SDK with an Arduino compatible platform, so it might even just run Arduino. No idea if someone analysed the software on those microcontrollers as it’s pretty niche and the code inside is probably super simple. The microcontroller is way overpowered for what it does, but it isn’t that overpowered that it could run a full Linux stack.