Linux has surpassed 5% desktop market share in the US (5.03% in June 2025), per StatCounter, driven by privacy concerns, rising costs of Windows/macOS, and user-friendly distros like Ubuntu. Community celebrates amid gaming and enterprise boosts, though challenges like software gaps persist; analysts eye 7% by 2027.
  • Lemminary@lemmy.world
    3·
    10 hours ago

    Yup! Just installed it on my laptop after several tries running into bugs during install. My desktop is next, but I’m not ready for the headaches of figuring out a dual-boot yet. I’m mentally preparing for it, though, so fingers crossed.

    So I might as well ask beforehand: Does anyone have a preferred tutorial for it? I prefer a recommendation to going in blind.

    • dajoho@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      6 hours ago

      Hello. Not really a tutorial but a bit of advice: get a new internal SSD from Amazon and install it on that, leaving your Windows drive alone. It is a lot less of a headache if Linux is on a dedicated drive.