That is absolutely not true.
Android is the most prevalent OS, period. Then Windows.
Why is it that you always want to argue no matter the subject yet you also manage to be wrong almost all of the time.
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Android is the most prevalent OS, period. Then Windows.
Why is it that you always want to argue no matter the subject yet you also manage to be wrong almost all of the time.
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Well, he's technically right. Android uses the Linux kernel and thus is Linux. Just not with the usual FOSS stack on top.
A proper neckbeard will say something about what you're referring to should be called GNU/Linux. Basically everywhere except the PC market Linux is dominant.
That could change though, if Trump keeps up Europe like China will start investing more and more into FOSS. Combine that with Win10 support ending and who knows it might become something.
It's been a while since I've used a Linux desktop but KDE was a pleasant experience. I'll have to switch my very old laptop over to it come to think of it and don't dislike the idea.
Android is based on Linux, that doesn't mean it is Linux. So no, he's not technically right.
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Linux is literally just the kernel. Android uses a modified version of this kernel. So Android is Linux to some degree although your right it's not a Linux OS. An OS is more than a kernel.
A bit like a Porsche 914 is a Porsche car (Android OS) even though the engine is from Volkswagen (Linux). A car is more than just an engine.
Google has modified Android so much, it would be a real far stretch to say you can call it Linux.
Haven't seen steam survey pop up in steam for a long time and my hardware has changed since. I've got a laptop with steam where I boot Linux and steam all the time and never got to participate in survey on it. And what about dual booting? If I get a survey while I'm in windows, does that mean I've got only windows on my system?
There are plenty of flawed statistics or technologies that have no better alternative.
Like black and white TV. At some time they were Best ones available. Still hard to consider today as Good ones as we have 4k+ color TVs etc.
To put it another way, best does not always equal good. Best may be total trash but if it's better than others, it's still best.
just because you don't like what I have to say doesn't mean I'm arguing. You say I'm wrong, I say I'm not. I do have a right to defend my opinion. If you don't like what other people have to say, you can do that mature, adult thing and ignore them.
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In Win11? Win11 is fine. I held off until I was able to consolidate the taskbar buttons again, but now it's fungible with earlier versions.
if you're happy with Windows 11, great. It is a mammoth of an OS and it's unavoidable. However, it is inconsistent and the constant changes that it makes means it is unreliable. Not so much in a mechanical sense, but in a "if I setup a machine for a singular task, can I count on it to do that" and the answer for that is no. Last year my company(my employeer) had an issue with our windows 11 computers that created about a week of downtime because a security update bricked all our 2factor authentication USB keys and ended up costing the company millions of dollars. We doubt that this is an isolated incident and are considering moving to Apple.M$ - Penny Arcade
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In Win11? Win11 is fine. I held off until I was able to consolidate the taskbar buttons again, but now it's fungible with earlier versions.
So I'm happy that it was a few simple things that make Windows 11 a good fit for you. For many people, it is not that simple. And I want to be clear on something, I'm not criticizing Windows because I hate windows(I do hate modern windows), I'm criticizing it because I want them to make it better. I want Windows to be good again.
I don't want to do all kinds of janky work arounds of Linux just to avoid Windows. I don't want to have to avoid some of the games that I paid for to be unplayable just because I can't use Windows anymore. The problem is that I can't depend on Windows anymore and I don't have control over my computer when using it. Dependability and Control are more important to me than the few games I own that can only be played on Windows. Microsoft doesn't get to tell me how I'm allowed to use MY computer. I tell MY computer what I want it to do and how I want it done.
Instead of a vehicle to get me from A to B, Windows has become a wall that I have to climb over to get done what I need to. And, yes, there are work arounds to change everything I don't like about Windows, but here is the thing about that. If I'm going to constantly be looking for work arounds to get things done, what makes Windows any Different than Linux?
If suddenly I have to open up the command line in windows to do something, what makes it any different from Linux at this point? For me, I know I can count on Linux to make the command line available to me, MS has shown that they will go to great lengths and even remove features to get you to use their operating system how they want you to use it. There is a cat and mouse game going on between M$ and its user base right now.
Windows isn't your operating system, it's Microsoft's operating system. My Linux install, that's MY operating system. If they both require the same level of maintenance to be functional, why would I choose the one I don't own over the one that I do own?
The kind of people that come to sites like these, and follow tech tubers don't seem to understand they don't represent the market at large. You/We are the specific people that have ideological issues with Windows 11. I actually work with the "typical end user" kind of people, and guess what, they almost all want Windows 11. I work in computer repair (in a major city) along with doing some sales of preowned computers, and see maybe at least 500 people a year. People pop in all the time wondering if they're computer can be upgraded, or if one of the older ones we have on the shelf can be. We get 1-2 unique Linux users a year. I've even converted a couple. We are the basically the only place in the city that can do any Linux support it seems. Most people though are absolutely fine with Windows 11. Everyone else are Mac users.
Most people don't run into your myriad preference issues, nor do they care about $50 of their PC purchase every 5 years going to Microsoft. Dependability and control are perfectly fine, unless you're using some sort of idiosyncratic definitions of the words. Desktop end user Linux is a solution in search of a problem.
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