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Ubuntu Makes Public Desktop Metrics (ubuntu.com)
Canonical introduced Ubuntu Hardware/Software Survey in Ubuntu 18.04 and has since been collecting data (it is optional, and users' consent is taken; Ubuntu says 67 percent users opted in to the survey). Now for the first time, it is revealing the stats, shedding light on how Ubuntu users like things around. The takeaways from the result: Installation Duration: The average install of Ubuntu Desktop takes 18 minutes. Some machines out there can install a full desktop in less than 8 minutes!
Installer Options: Another interesting fact is that the newly introduced Minimum Install option is being used by a little over 15% of our users. This is a brand new option but is already attracting a considerable fanbase.
CPU Count: A single CPU is most common, and this is not very surprising. We haven't broken this down to cores but is something we will look in to.
Disk Partitioning Schemes: Most people choose to wipe their disks and reinstall from scratch. The second most common option is a custom partition table.
Display: Full HD (1080p) is the most popular screen resolution, followed by 1366 x 768, a common laptop resolution. HiDPI and 4k are not yet commonplace.
Installer Options: Another interesting fact is that the newly introduced Minimum Install option is being used by a little over 15% of our users. This is a brand new option but is already attracting a considerable fanbase.
CPU Count: A single CPU is most common, and this is not very surprising. We haven't broken this down to cores but is something we will look in to.
Disk Partitioning Schemes: Most people choose to wipe their disks and reinstall from scratch. The second most common option is a custom partition table.
Display: Full HD (1080p) is the most popular screen resolution, followed by 1366 x 768, a common laptop resolution. HiDPI and 4k are not yet commonplace.
> in that Windows has every Linux feature, plus AAA games.
Can i recompile windows kernel? ... you got the idea...
Can i replace the window manager?
Can i remove closed source programs? Even, can i really disable MS tracking? Will never again those options show up again as enabled?
Can i just trust MS to update all my software, like in linux with their package manager?
Can i choose what installs i do want to install? will windows really obey to that?
Can i setup complex network setups (hint: MS used linux to setup the network in their azure)?
Can I run play games many games with vulkan (hint: all new feral ports are using vulkan, while the windows version is still in direct3D)?
Can i run big servers, with lot of services with little performance lost?
Can i
By the way, we do have AAA games in linux... not as many as windows, but we do have then and they work fine...
Yes, windows can run many linux apps, but performance sometimes shitty... if i want to run a docker linux, why would i do it inside a windows? even linux instances/vm are cheaper and faster in linux... So If linux do everything that windows do, faster, cheaper, cleaner and with more freedom, why would i switch over to windows, just because some AAA games? with 1300 linux games i have in my steam account, i really do not care about those games
Higuita
Hey, the right tool to the right job!
If your job require windows, that is OK... now most people do not really need windows anymore, but most still use it because they really do not know how to switch or want to learn new tools... and yes, some tools are better than other, you will miss some features but you can also learn new ones... but you should know that, you use several CAD/3D software, you already know that one tool is good for one task, but bad for another.
But it is possible to do 3D work in linux, many people already do it and with 3D printers, that field should improve even more. From a quick search freecad, Qcad, maya, blender, brl-cad, k-3d, Archimedes. I did work with people that used Maya and Blender on linux and they made amazing jobs
Finally, you can also require your software makers a linux version... in the past all of then would ignore then, but slowly they start to listen... and with opengl, vulkan, .NET, C#, QT all working on all systems, it is easier to add the support.
Higuita
In other words, there is no compelling reason to use Linux. I'm simply using your logic, in that Windows has every Linux feature, plus AAA games.
Come again?
Features windows doesn't have: btrfs, zfs, custom kernels, minimal text-only installs, ability to run from a USB stick or CD without a bastardized container install.
Features Linux doesn't have: price tag above $0, shitty activation requirements tied to a single machine, built-in spyware, unavoidable "upgrades" which often break the OS, and some games.
Yeah, sure, they're just about equal ...
To make things readable, there are at least two options:
1) scaling through xrandr, for ex:
xrandr --output Virtual1 --scale 0.7x0.7 --fb 3840x2160
Depending on your desktop environment (KDE, gnome, etc) you can do that with a mouse click in the display settings
2) scaling the fonts, windows decorations, icons, etc. separately.
This also depends on your desktop environment. With KDE, you can do that in systems settings: fonts, icons, application style - widget style -> window decorations -> border size, application style - gnome application style (for gtk based app)
Option 2 will cover 99% of the things (some java JVM runtime still require their own settings from command line) but you can really optimize the space "lost" by the windows decoration and icons and pack more information/data on the same screen than, say, Windows.