TangoUndertow

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TangoUndertow,

Probably not the same billionaires.

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Considering the billionaires also own the contracts for manufacturing every piece of military equipment we have… That would get interesting.

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You will have a really bad time on Windows with 4GB ram and 64GB storage, though.

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If something like KDE Neon came preinstalled on a PC they’d be fine tbh. It’s the act of having to install a thing that makes it undesirable

Linux for desktop market share surpasses 4% for the first time, says Statcounter (www.neowin.net)

Statcounter, a website that tracks the market share of web browsers, operating systems, and search engines, is reporting that Linux on the desktop has over 4% market share for the very first time (Statcounter records ChromeOS as a separate operating system despite being based on Linux). Statcounter doesn’t provide any...

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I think the spotlight on KDE from Steam Deck definitely helps. It’s polished as shit, and it acts like Windows by default, and that is a good thing.

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I would install Manjaro. It runs KDE, which is super familiar, and maybe more polished than Windows. And it is Arch-based, which means you have access to AUR apps, which makes finding programs super easy. It’s like if the MS app store actually had every program on it.

Keeping the explanations simple.

Don’t start with Ubuntu/Gnome. The desktop is way too weird, and app repository is limited.

Don’t start with Mint or Cinnamon or LxDE. Linux nerds will recommend these, but they feel “old” and are not really lighter on resources than KDE.

Highly recommend Arch-based distros. AUR feels like a miracle coming from the Windows paradigm of tracking down installer EXEs and MSIs.

TangoUndertow,

This! Gnome is absolutely a foil to adoption. Everyone I’ve seen try to start with Ubuntu has bounced right off back to Windows. You’re already wrapping your head around a new OS, you do not need an entirely new desktop paradigm.

So happy Valve went with the setup they did.

TangoUndertow,

Definitely this is huge. Proton and the respective Wine advancements are exactly what needed to happen. And the headlines about some games running better on Linux really gives it a good look.

TangoUndertow,

I hope the contributors are anonymous…

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