I agree! Its just a trend I was pointing out. God spreadsheets would be a pain and a half on mobile. Yuck!
At work we did have an app take over a workflow. Thats usually what I see at work. A slow trend towards app based workflows, which isnt necessarily a bad thing…as long as the phones are company phones.
Its a half joke lol. Linux has an interesting history of both working on cutting edge setups and old stuff collecting dust. We are an eclectic bunch!
I remember humble bundle stated once that Linux users paid much more than windows and iOS per user. It was a number of years ago. There is something to say about per user $$.
And most young people don’t have their own computers growing up anymore, it’s all phones and tablets and in the USA apple has won that race.
I agree full on that. Even if Linux ends up getting more marketshare on PC, PC as a whole seems to be getting less and less popular. There are people I know that dont have a PC at the house because their phones can do everything. And I do mean everything. Its wild to me thats the case, cause I use my laptop/desktop 90% of the time im online…but if an app can do it and you have less income, its a viable alternative.
Worldwide, theres more android devices regularly used than Windows (https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/). And in the US, Windows has been going down in the graphs like crazy: https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/united-states-of-america/#monthly-200901-202512
Just this year windows has been stable at 30-35% but thats nothing compared to what they were a decade ago. https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/united-states-of-america/#monthly-202501-202512
With the RAM/SSD/compute shortage happening, I can see people:
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Interesting.
Lol we just had it circulating as is. The video was all over the fedi.
Heres the forum for anyone interested: https://forum.fairphone.com/t/software-update-fp4-qrel-15-15-2/128554/65
I updated recently so keeping an eye out. No issues just yet, but I dont use that many SIM cards like others do.
I have a similar model 2016. Ubuntu worked the best on it. A trick is to connect the Ethernet so it can detect and download the latest drivers while its installing. WiFi and fans are spotty before that.
I have a tiny php library for a somewhat popular framework. It was made so a company could protect a very old database and certain tables. It started as a one off 9 years ago. It was one php file of less than 50 lines.
As of this month it has been downloaded 2 million times. I still can’t believe its been used this much. And I’m the only maintainer. If I wanted to I could ruin a lot of peoples days. But I won’t.
In a couple of decades, we are going to have large swaths of code that will outlive its creators being used on essential infrastructure.
Its interesting last month or so youtube has seemed to switched on how it feels about Linux lately. You get small creators that are making videos like the above and its awesome.
Its a good feeling.
I always felt on R that if you commented, most of the time, it goes down a black hole. You come into something “late” and no one sees your comment. No up/down votes at all. Which can feel very bad if you spent a lot of time on your response.
I like that “Bambi principle”. Thats a good way of putting it.
Glad thats gone. It was very strange!
It really does.
Her enthusiasm is addicting. Love seeing people get so excited over using their own OS/Machine!
Ah yes, devil Linux.
Ill see myself out.
At some point im going to have to give it a try. I like playing around with alternative OSes for fun (like 9front, UXN, LFS, etc…).
Most communities only have one user so this checks out /s
What kind of communities are you talking about?
Im sure there are others. Looking forward to what everyone else says!
…Also Beans. Yeah didn’t expect that.
Yeah the retro gaming handheld community has some Linux viable ones with PortMaster but its just not the same as an officially supported mini Steam machine. I know its silly but I want one that is pocket-able instead of the massive SD.
That being said I love the Miyoo Mini Plus and other linux handhelds. They are flipping awesome!