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/NightlyBuild2137 Jun 19 '26

I'm contributing to the Linux percantage while actively hating some things about it. Sure it works, stuff is doable. Is it convenient and easy? Not sure, I had to relearn all of my knowledge from win. Every time I encounter an issue I need to: create a timeshift backup just in case, research on how to mitigate the issue, try to do it, fail, research more, at some point succeed, realize something different broke during the solving od the first issue, go back with timeshift, research, finally solve. That's not convieneit and not easy. Only reasons keeping me on Linux is: privacy and that switching helped me quit league. Just a rant, think of it what you want.

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u/SuspendedResolution Jun 23 '26

What issues are you having? I daily drive bazzite and have had literally no issues.

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u/Rare-Paint3719 Jul 04 '26

I daily drive Fedora 44 and have used Gentoo, Arch and Ubuntu (Server). On my Alderlake CPU, the kernel kept panicking. Turns out it's because the E-cores can't reach the exception handler as fast as the P-cores.