• Camelbeard@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Do we really want to be bigger anyway? I kind of like where Linux as a desktop isn’t really big enough for all the scammers and malware makers to care.

    (And I know it’s huge for servers and malware also targets that, but they are usually maintained by professionals, not your parents that would probably run every shell script they are offered as help)

    If Linux would become the biggest desktop os you are going to find so much more bad advice whenever searching for help online. I wonder if the nice people we have now are really ready for when the terrible people invade the community.

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      7 months ago

      Do we really want to be bigger anyway?

      YES. It needs more market share to influence companies financially to make products for it.

      It’s truly starting to make inroads recently, but it still has a ways to go.

      I kind of like where Linux as a desktop isn’t really big enough for all the scammers and malware makers to care.

      It’s also not big enough for gaming companies to truly care, unfortunately.

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        7 months ago

        Thankfully valve does, linux gaming’s gotten to a really great state in the last few years.