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Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E148 - Linux market share rises again

🕑 Added 2024-08-02 10:11:57 +0000 UTC

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The Linux Experiment

Hey, pretty close to the fit!

UsernamesAreHard

Debian as is can feel pretty barebones but is an awesome base to build upon. Mint, with the tools it provides like mint update or mint upgrade is a nice touch to make debian more accessible.

Bjarke

Very interesting with the market share. While I agree there are potential biases, I think it is very instructive to look at the long term trends, as opposed to month to month. Incidentally (before even seeing the news :D ) I made a quick fit of the data this morning: https://i.imgur.com/eApyu6p.png To me, the most striking thing is how relatively reasonable the exponential fit looks. And remember the exponential "rule of thumb": "With exponential growth, changes look slow while numbers are low" :D (Which makes sense if you recall the defining differential equation of exponential growth: dy/dt = k*y(t), so rate of change is proportional to current amount :P )

Clint Eschberger

Agree on Mint and Debian. It is not a matter of if, but when. I have started to see a shift in those recommending Debian to just use LMDE as it is a much smoother experience. If the Mint devs start taking that and adding all the goods on top, I think it could be even more popular than it is now. The casual / newer users won't notice a difference, but the Linux veterans absolutely will. Especially with the feelings towards Ubuntu in the Linux community currently.