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The truth about linux having 15% market share in India. (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I am from india. These numbers are inflated due to our population and government and health sector office pc using linux (ubuntu). These office pcs just require a chrome browser and all the work is done on the browser Nobody here cares what os they use in their office pc. I don't see anyone here switching to linux on their personal pc other than the IT students who are forced to install kali linux. And most of them are running linux on virtualbox on windows.

Steam deck is not even officially sold here and imported ones that are sold cost 950$ for the 512 gb variant. So it is a ultra niche item here. .

People here buy desktops only for gaming/content creation, which means most households here doesn't need/require a desktop. And these people always prefer mac or windows.

Also gaming scene here is dominated by mobile games (because gaming pcs and consoles are too expensive and we have the cheapest internet and phone prices) As for pc games it is dominated by valorant, Minecraft and gtav (fivem rp).

Edit - Many consider this a huge win. But getting market share in the office space for basic browsing and word processing inflates the numbers for actual game/app developers who wants to support linux and they will disappointed seeing the actual usage and they will abandon the linux support. Also the indian market isn't buying laptop/desktops for browsing, they just use their phone because pc hardware is expensive and phones prices are cheap. And anyone who is buying desktops for serious tasks stick to windows and mac.

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

These numbers are inflated due to our population and government and health sector office pc using linux

That's...not how inflating numbers works?

These office pcs just require a chrome browser and all the work is done on the browser

I mean, that goes for most people...

Every company I've ever worked for does all "work" in the browser. Because all the data is stored and managed in the cloud and you don't need each client to have a powerful PC, just the one powerful server.

That goes for consumers, too. Most people out here spending $2k on Apple Facebook machines. Very few people actually need any amount of power in their personal computer. Especially as cloud computing becomes more and more popular.

other than the IT students who are forced to install kali linux.

Isn't Kali a pentesting distro? Strange choice.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Indeed. I know someone who bought the latest mac laptop. Very expensive, as they are. And all it's used for is browsing the internet.

And when I say that's all it's used for I mean it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Truth be told, that battery life is sweeeeet. I hope by the time I need a personal laptop arm is more popular or Linux on M chips is fully matured.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

I blew in Debian on my Microsoft Surface Pro4. It runs so much better and battery lasts longer too. It's the shitty 4GB ram version so it was freezing a lot on Windows. Way less on Debian