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buddascrayon ,

I’m actually gearing up to convert all of my Windows machines to Linux once the updates for 10 stop coming. This will be especially easy once the new WINE gets integrated and the few windows game apps that I use can run well on Linux.

candle_lighter ,
@candle_lighter@lemmy.ml avatar

what’s the new wine?

buddascrayon ,

www.howtogeek.com/wine-9-0-release/

possiblylinux127 ,

Better to do it at least a few months before end off life just in case you need to move back for some reason. The alternative is Windows 11 which is very similar to Windows 10

mukt ,
@mukt@lemmy.ml avatar

Is the data of specific distros available somewhere ?

bsergay , (edited )

Unsurprisingly, usage numbers for distros are hard to get due to lack of telemetry and what not.

However, some measurements do exist; like data from ProtonDB. These are used by Boiling Steam for their excellent reports in which some representation regarding usage across distros can be found. Their most recent report can be found here.

Note, however, that the following, as has been excellently touched upon by Boiling Steam, applies:

COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS

Since we hear some of the following comments EVERY SINGLE TIME, let’s address them here and now:

  • “Duh, it’s not representative of Linux usage in general!”: And nowhere does it claim to be. As often as possible we make it clear this is Linux usage in a gaming context. The usage of Debian and Ubuntu on servers is safe for now, no need to panic.
mukt ,
@mukt@lemmy.ml avatar

Thank you. This does give an idea.

Follow up question : Is Arch really that good?

bsergay , (edited )

Thank you. This does give an idea.

It has been my pleasure.

Follow up question : Is Arch really that good?

Depends entirely on your needs. There is a use case for Arch. However, if you’re completely new to Linux, then it’s very likely that a ‘slower’-moving distro (like (anything based on) Debian (or Ubuntu)) might better suit you.

simpleguy ,
@simpleguy@cuddly.space avatar

@mukt @bsergay Naa bhai bs faltu ka drama h. Opensuse ya fedora use kiya kr. Best hai for most cases. 😉

original_reader ,

How do I hide which OS I am using? What is behind the high Unknown number?

thingsiplay ,

Every browser has a description like “Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 8.1.0; SM-T580) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/74.0.3729.157 Safari/537.36” called User Agent. You can set this value to something else, but be careful. If you set it to something that does not exist, then it makes it more likely to be identifiable. Or some things could potentially not work right if it expects a specific operating system, in example when downloading files. Usually not a big deal.

So ultimately you want to set this value to something that exist and something that is used by many people. There are addons which can make this process much easier or even change it automatically after some time period in example.

Chameleon at sereneblue.github.io/chameleon/ is such an addon for the browser. There are lot of other alternatives, I used a few of them in the past, but stopped using them because there was here and there trouble. If you do, I recommend to install this addon from the addon store of your browser and not from the website, but that is just my personal recommendation.

original_reader ,

Thanks. So what is measured is merely the browsers people are using? Then I can see why the metrics are more general ballparks than precise measurements, seeing that the user agent can be modified with ease.

thingsiplay ,

The question is, if they only evaluate the User Agent? This is an organization specialized into statistics, they know it can be modified too. The ad industry tries to track you and find out everything about you despite these modifications. Don’t underestimate them!

original_reader ,

Fair enough. They still don’t know what >7% of people are using, though.

GoodEye8 ,

That 7% might not even be people. It could be bots doing HTTP requests and throwing garbage in the user-agent.

princessnorah ,
@princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

No? It says Linux/Android not far into it.

Agility0971 ,
@Agility0971@lemmy.world avatar

Use user agent switcher and set it to something random. However that makes your fingerprint unique. I’ve read that people set it to windows just to blend in the masses

Mwa ,
@Mwa@thelemmy.club avatar

We are so back

embed_me ,
@embed_me@programming.dev avatar

I never left the party

Mwa ,
@Mwa@thelemmy.club avatar

Reference to my server lol

sag ,

Cool

possiblylinux127 ,

I wonder if it is higher. Think about all the people using Librewolf

explodicle ,

To the moon!!! ┗(°0°)┛ …○

jimmy90 ,

FFS! CHROMEOS IS F***ING LINUX, G** D***IT, WHYYY YOU DO THIS, IT’S LINUX, C***** ON A BIKE!

fernlike3923 ,
@fernlike3923@sh.itjust.works avatar

Cockin on a bike? What did you write there?

Ferris ,

C*****! THAT COMMON SWEAR WE HAVE AMONG US CHRISTIAN PEOPLE THAT WE CANT SAY, DUH

Default_Defect ,
@Default_Defect@midwest.social avatar

Why use the words if you’re just gonna censor them?

jimmy90 ,

i think i was parodying my own indignant rage

pyre ,

i didn’t need this date; i already knew this because the number of people coming up to me on the street and telling me they use Linux btw unprompted has increased noticeably.

Dufurson ,

This is the year!

buwho ,

Time for me to go FreeBSD i guess

Doods ,

[joke] That must be my friend’s laptop. [joke]

lightscription ,

Best still rare even though potentially very user friendly and accessible.

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