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Tywele ,

What’s the source for this image?

heartbreaker OP ,

I downloaded the data from globalstats statscounter

Sibbo ,

This graph gives me some Corona flashbacks.

expatriado , (edited )

I was confused why they used Swedish flag colors for a Norwegian graph

pmk ,

The welfare of the brother peoples.

TheButtonJustSpins ,

Is that where all the government computers run Ubuntu?

vortexsurfer ,

I’m a Norwegian Linux enthusiast and have never heard anything about the government using Ubuntu or Linux. Seems unlikely, from what I know. I know that within healthcare Windows is still widely used, even on the server side…

On the other hand, a lot of software for official services is being developed as open source now, so that’s at least a good step in the right direction. Example: github.com/navikt

delirious_owl ,
@delirious_owl@discuss.online avatar

You’re thinking of Switzerland

TheButtonJustSpins ,

Ah, thanks! I knew it was somewhere.

troyunrau ,
@troyunrau@lemmy.ca avatar

Linux on all their electric cars, and they’re watching porn while driving ;)

haui_lemmy ,

Where do I sign?

Valmond ,

On the fat cheque

haui_lemmy ,

Oh right. I knew I missed something.

mryessir ,

You need to write “I agree on the terms of service, rent agreement and privacy policy of any electric vehicle manufacture” in order for me to elaborate on the topic, please.

Adda ,
@Adda@lemmy.ml avatar

I especially appreciate that the graph is designed as “Linux” and “Other” instead of “Windows”, maybe “MacOS” and “Other”.

bappity ,
@bappity@lemmy.world avatar

I wish there were more focus on the desktop and app gui side of things on Linux

sure using the terminal to install things is very efficient but some people just want an install button and a gui that they don’t have to use more than 2 braincells to figure out why package not found or some obscure error with an app for the next 2 hours with forum pages full of condescending non answers

sunzu ,

Flatpak?

acockworkorange ,

I don’t think that’s been an issue for several years now. At least for distros focused on user friendliness.

asap ,
@asap@lemmy.world avatar

Try Aurora.

Everything I’ve tried to install has all been point and click using flatpaks.

If you’re into gaming, use Bazzite instead, which comes with all the gaming stuff pre installed.

bappity ,
@bappity@lemmy.world avatar

thank you for the recommendations!

Blisterexe ,

Those are somewhat niche distros, id personally recommend mint, zorin, pop_os! or what have you.

It really depends on what your usecase and tastes are though.

The_Terrible_Humbaba ,

I can’t vouch for every Linux distro that claims to be user-friendly, but I’ve fully switched to Linux Mint a couple of months ago, and I’ve had no issues. The only times I’ve used the console are when I want to use it.

My biggest worry before fully switching was playing pirated games, or games that I bought outside of Steam, but using Lutris it has been pretty straight forward.

TimeSquirrel ,
@TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org avatar

I'm tired of pandering to people that can't take the time to learn how to operate a computer. I hate the trend of the last 25 years of making everything "idiot proof", because it's not helping people, it's making them dumber. I remember a time when normal users were expected to set DIP switches on their motherboards and edit autoexec.bat files.

A lot of gen-z doesn't even know what a hierarchial filesystem is anymore. They just shove all their media into "galleries", but can't actually tell you where that file is actually located.

jjlinux ,
@jjlinux@lemmy.ml avatar

This is the unfortunate reality. My kids (11 and 9) have only ever used Linux distros, and they are keyboard warriors to boot. They say that the only reason to use the mouse is to aim in video games 🤣

istanbullu ,

noice

netvor ,
@netvor@lemmy.world avatar

You know, charts can lie, but with THAT crosshatch? Impossible.

llothar ,

Nothing is happening in Norway. Source: I live in Norway.

I’ve met only a handful people that use Linux on their desktop, plus some developers that use it at work.

chevy9294 ,

Then atleast fake it until you make it!

plumbercraic ,
@plumbercraic@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

There are dozens of us

Chee_Koala ,

dozens of dozens!

absentbird ,
@absentbird@lemm.ee avatar

Baker’s dozens!

philpo ,

Yes,we know about your small population,but just because Karl uses Linux now,does that really matter?

mtchristo ,

Of all countries Norway might be among the last to switch to Linux.

Rich countries tend to go the apple way.

sparr ,

This reminds me of Meetup.com dying almost everywhere except Chicago where the HQ is and everyone uses it.

Vincent ,

One extra Norwegian user in Statcounter’s biased and unrepresentative dataset started to use Linux, probably.

independantiste ,
@independantiste@sh.itjust.works avatar

I don’t think it’s that biased and unrepresentative, as Pornhub’s usage statistics show about the same numbers for global Linux usage

Cethin ,

Pornhub is legitimately one of the best sites for internet statistics around. It’s very widely visited and they actually put out the numbers. (Although, sadly, in my state of Virginia, they comply with identification requirements, so I only visit it with my VPN active, which then fucks up the stats.)

wowwoweowza ,

Serious question for you all. I too wish to see Linux use increase. I also want to see corporate social media die. I am thinking of requiring my students to create Lemmy accounts for a Lemmy group i create.

Do you think this might move folks away from essy corporate os and social media? How do You see it giving wrong?

yuri ,

I like it! Even if the majority of em completely abandon the accounts afterwards, it’ll increase the visibility of a fledgeling platform AND it’ll show a few folks that alternative social media platforms exist.

I mean, shit, if lemmy can suit my needs there’s no reason it shouldn’t work for at least some of em.

heartbreaker OP ,

I remember a teacher requiring us to use Matrix for a coding class. We still mostly used Discord, and after that class ended, we never used it again.

You and I have a reason we use Lemmy: we don’t want to use Reddit and want the Fediverse to grow. Simply forcing your students to make Lemmy accounts won’t do anything, in fact it might make them hate it (Oke boomer).

Tippon ,

I like the idea, but a lot of people resent being made to create accounts on random services. We know that Lemmy is good because we’re here, but it might put them off the idea.

Depending on the age of your students, you might have to be careful about the fact that NSFW content is freely available here, and check the terms of your instance to see if they’re allowed to make accounts in the first place e.g. on most social media and forums you have to be 13 or over.

ZeroHora ,
@ZeroHora@lemmy.ml avatar

1 out of the 3 total norwegian changed the OS after creating a lemmy account.

bloodfart ,

European governments will do this thing where they pass some law that says they have to take bids from local vendors for systems, olafs computer service will put in a bid with some free software system, the government will take them up on it, spend a bunch of money trying to integrate it into their existing systems with varying degrees of success then parlay abandoning it for their majority provider in exchange for avoiding cost increases or some free support/equipment.

I think Germany’s done it twice now.

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