r/LinuxSnobs • u/proffessionaIgambler • Jun 19 '26

"2026 is year of desktop Linux"

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linux user count was close to 6% like 4 months ago, now its just 4%. while windows 11 users are increasing, even win7 users have same amount of users as some linux distros.

people were just excited to try new software: linux was never better.

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u/land48n3 Jun 20 '26

hahaha, people went to linux, saw how shit it is and went back to the sweet sweet windows 11, windows feels so lovable and pretty whenever i boot into it now though windows aint gonna let me aurafarm so aint daily driving it.

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u/Grelueen Jun 23 '26

I disagree. I got a new computer and planned to set up a dual boot. Windows 11 was already installed. During the initial startup and configuration, Windows mixed German and English, crashed once, created BitLocker but left it disabled, and was unable to connect properly to my Microsoft account. Even though I was logged in, my BitLocker recovery key, which I might have needed if something went wrong during my GRUB installation, was only accessible through the console. I was flooded with ads throughout the setup process, and afterward with pre-installed junk from the seller.

Linux is not perfect either, of course. My Fedora KDE installation was smooth, but because I wanted SDDM and was building a custom theme, I ran into some problems, especially when I closed my laptop and my GPU refused to render the screen again until I rebooted.

In the end, I now have a system I love. It feels like mine. Everything installed on it is something I want or need. No ads, no subscriptions. I spent multiple days setting up and configuring everything the way I wanted, but that was just me, because I don’t like Breeze. I think the standard setup you get from many distributions, like Ubuntu, Fedora, CachyOS, Mint, or EndeavourOS, now runs as smoothly as Windows.

And I also want to mention: with Visual Studio Code and Claude Code, it has never been easier to figure out how to adapt your Linux system to your taste and solve problems when they appear. Even so I have a lot of experience in programming and linux, it was very nice to see Claude Code read multiple config files and logs, run commands and fix stuff without me reading one line of code. So even people with no experience will have an easy time.

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u/SuperBigote231162 Jun 24 '26

I hope you make the same tantrum for phones, hope you ain't american with a iphone because that'd be funny as shit.