Unprecedented Linux Growth in Europe Amid Windows 10 End-of-Life
Unprecedented Linux Growth in Europe Amid Windows 10 End-of-Life
Millions of people using Windows 10 are facing a tough choice. Microsoft plans to stop offering security updates for the system, leaving countless computers vulnerable. For many, upgrading to Windows 11 simply isn’t an option because their hardware isn’t new enough. This situation is pus...
I've got only one machine left running Windows 10 at home: a desktop PC I use exclusively for gaming. I increasingly look forward to purging Windows from it and installing Bazzite when the EOL date comes around.
A big factor in Europe right now is a shifting relationship with the US.
Companies, governments, and individuals have some incentive to find alternatives to big US tech. For operating systems, Linux is really the only option.
I really hope that people will make the transition instead of just buying new... Linux is great - and more users will equal more support for it.
Indeed, it kills me how much perfectly hardware is constantly thrown out because Windows refuses to run on it.
The numbers suggest that 2025 could be a turning point for Linux on desktop computers
Ah yes, the year of the Linux desktop
(in all seriousness, this is looking really good, my main hope from all this is that hardware manufacturers step up their FOSS drivers game)
When Linux hits 10%, you will see hardware ship with Linux drivers day one.
Most consumer hardware on earth does already (Android phones). The problem is those drivers are usually proprietary bullshit that's very difficult to integrate with anything but OEMs kernel fork & Android version. Unfortunately I don't really foresee that changing in the near future, hopefully if Linux becomes more mainstream, Linux phones become too and then we get some progress.
And for laptops/desktops, I think the situation is pretty good already as well. Many mainstream OEMs have an option with Linux pre-installed now, and the drivers there are mostly FOSS. I'm hoping that the problematic part vendors e.g. NVidia and Broadcom step up and provide sources for their drivers - otherwise they will continue to be a buggy mess that most people hate.
we already do
Agreed - and make those drivers open source and unrestricted