Kind of implies people are really not using full PCs anymore. But I’m wondering if there’s just a lot of new users on-boarded via mobile (and dual-users). Curious what the raw numbers are rather than percentages.
It’s nice to see Windows’ decline, but Android being the most popular OS is a bit horrifying. What percentage of Android users are patched against the latest known vulnerabilities? Last I checked, it was a small minority of them.
Something one of my college professors pointed out a long time ago is that a lot of DVD players and smaller consumer electronics ran a custom version of Linux. Here we are 10-15 years later, with Android being easier to work with. It’s probably replaced a lot of those Linux installations.
More on your point, the giant smart display/kiosks in each room at the allergy clinic I went to last year still ran Android 10. Because I had to spend long periods of time alone waiting to see if I was allergic to things, I ended up tinkering and managed to get it out of Kiosk mode and setting a security policy lol (don’t worry I reverted my changes and let them know!)
I had dual-booting Linux systems for a long time, and I finally just stopped because of convenience. I had an Atari 520ST (c.1985) that had a better gui than Linux does. I want Linux; hell, I NEED it, but I don’t want to have trouble with drivers and shit not working and learning command-line commands. And make it intuitive, how am I, an ordinary guy, supposed to know that “Sudo” gives me administrative rights? Even installing software has a learning curve.
I keep waiting for a populist distro that can bridge the gap between Linux and the casual user; even, heaven forbid, grandma and grandpa. I’ll probably end up being full Linux soon because I can probably get there (in 2-4x longer than most of you) and Windows is actively trying to consume their customers.
Rant over. Love+frustration. Peace ✌️
ZorinOS is a pretty good and consumer friendly “distro” if you can call it that.
Thank you, it’s been a while, I’ll take a look at it
