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Linux smashes another market share record for August 2024 on Statcounter (www.gamingonlinux.com)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I don't think that it's due to COVID, as it's an upwards slope instead of just a spike, or spike + plateau.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Covid was a time when many people had their eyes opened to big tech not having good intentions. I wouldn't be surprised if covid did make a difference. It was a free option and people often had extra time on their hands to tinker. Lots of people changed jobs after as well. None of those mean there would have been a spike necessarily, but may contribute to an increase in adoption rate.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I don't rule out the possibility that COVID made some people think further on how they interact with software, and that indirectly promoted some Linux usage. However, I don't think that it would create continuous pressure encouraging adoption, that keeps going on four years later.

Another reason why I don't think that COVID is the cause is the timing: the "bulk" of the social impact happened in early 2020, but the slope seems to start near the end of 2020, almost early 2021.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

I had extra time during the pandemic and used some of it to permanently migrate to Linux.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Maybe that LTT linux challenge?