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Linux Reaches 1% Usage Share
je ne sais quoi writes "The April data is out for the Net Applications 'market share' survey of operating systems (more accurately referred to as a usage share). For the first time, Linux has reached 1%. This past month the Linux share increased by 0.12% which is well above the average monthly increase of 0.02%. Historically, the Net Applications estimate of market share has been lower than that of other organizations who measure this, but the abnormally large increase reported this month brings it closer to the median estimate of 1.11%. For other operating systems, Windows XP continued its slow decline by 0.64% to 62.21%, whereas Vista use is still increasing to 23.90%, but its rate of adoption is slowing. That is, this month's increase of 0.48% is well below the 12-month average increase of 0.78% and down from the peak rate of increase of 1.00% per month on average in January-February 2008. The total Windows share dropped to 87.90%. Mac OS use decreased slightly to 9.73% from 9.77%, but usage share of the iPhone and iPod Touch combined increased by 0.1%."
Linux isn't really supposed to be popular. Most people would have terrible trouble trying to work Linux so it's kind of strange for them to be strutting their %
don't blame the OS, blame yourself.
There is always some fuckwit who has to reply with this pearl of wisdom. Listen you moron, if it isn't easy for users they wont switch. If increasing Linux % share means faking a Windows Look & Feel, then thats what needs to be done. That is, if anybody cares about wooing Windows users.
The moment you tell someone "blame yourself" for not "getting" how to use any product you've just commited suicide. So yeah, enjoy the circle jerk on hitting 1%. Woo hoo !
"I bought her a eee with Linux (not the Target one, but a $400-ish model, via Amazon) as a birthday present, but the wifi was misconfigured. Asus tech support told me the wrong card was installed, and there was no way to fix it in software"
What company did you buy it from. Why would they sell it misconfigured. What make and model exactly ?
davecb5620@gmail.com
Yeah I'm sure those idiots are telling the truth.
Great. So Ubuntu works if it's accompanied with personal hand-holding from a dedicated and highly knowledgeable guru. That should scale well.