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The growth of Linux desktop marketshare, in percent of total, since 2009
(sh.itjust.works)
References
- "Linux hits another all-time high for July 2024 according to Statcounter". Liam Dawe. GamingOnLinux. Published: 2024-08-01T11:35Z. Accessed: 2024-08-04T19:21Z. https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/linux-hits-another-all-time-high-for-july-2024-according-to-statcounter/.
This is a big deal. More Linux users leads to more Linux-supporting software, which leads to more users.
The biggest resistence is front-loaded into that first few percent.
In my opinion, advancements in binary compatibility accross distributions (Flatpak, AppImage, ...) and broad compatibility with Windows software (Wine and forks... thank you Valve!) are making Linux easier to use.
It should correlate with more donations , the donations linux mint are getting are also growing fairly consistently. the same is true for the "Open Source Collective" which is a fiscal host for open source projects.
At the same time, I feel like nowadays there's less forums or places people can ask help with, although today ChatGPT can be a good help with newbie questions.
I'm sorry, what??
There are more places than ever to find support. The Ubuntu forums, EndeavourOS forums, Manjaro forums, NixOS forums, SUSE forums, etc. Just about every larger distro has it's own forum and they're all very active. Then there are general Linux, Linux "newbie", Linux help communities on the various Lemmy servers and (whether you like it or not) on Reddit also. Then there's Mastodon. General tech forums like Level1Tech, Hacker News, etc.
The Arch wiki is also great.
... Even if you don't use Arch Linux.
I dont know about that. There is Lemmy and a ton of Distros or respins I know have forums.
Some have chatrooms which totally suck for finding information.