Linux has surpassed 5% desktop market share in the US (5.03% in June 2025), per StatCounter, driven by privacy concerns, rising costs of Windows/macOS, and user-friendly distros like Ubuntu. Community celebrates amid gaming and enterprise boosts, though challenges like software gaps persist; analysts eye 7% by 2027.
I would love to use Linux but it still lacks native support for a lot of programs which sucks
On the bright side the only program a lot of people use their computer for is a browser
It’s incredible how much software has migrated to browsers. I work in an industry and job that, 10-15 years ago, I would have needed a whole bunch of programs installed. Now I could essentially do my entire job from any computer since everything I work in is either browser-based or could be browser-based if needed (the Office suite)
chances are there is a better foss alternative, or it runs flawlessly on wine.
there’s a lot of stuff that is supported and with the uptake rising hopefully more applications will have Linux versions soon. otherwise, I’ve found it relatively easy to just have a Windows drive that I can switch over to in case I need to use something, and Linux for daily use aside from that