[TriLUG] Steam says that two percent of its users are now on Linux
Brandon Van Every
bvanevery at gmail.com
Wed Mar 6 22:19:26 EST 2013
On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 9:32 PM, John Vaughters <jvaughters04 at yahoo.com>wrote:
>
> Although I have not investigated the numbers, but If you include Apple as
> Linux
Why on Earth should one do that? Apple may have a Unix underbelly, but
it's not a Linux and never will be.
> and include all the phones, tablets, laptops, servers, pc's and embedded
> computing devices. Linux is already the largest OS out there. This is the
> trend that counts for me. It is impossible for Windows to keep up with the
> Linux Dev cycle and hours of code time.
>
I'm not buying that Kool Aid. If you want a People's Temple with nice cold
bodies littering the floor, you could start by defining a "Linux Dev
cycle." Preferably with a focus on a specific market like consumer
software. My view of the Linux universe is people can't even make up their
mind who's going to do the video driver work.
> So the big question is when will the PC/laptop fall to Linux as the
> operating system of choice?
>
When it stops sucking for consumers. Apple isn't kicking the snot out of
everyone for their inability to integrate a product design.
Maybe Canonical will become the dominant design integrator based on Linux.
They want to be Apple; Microsoft wants to be Apple. But people are
starting to wonder if even Apple can continue to be Apple. I don't like
the market and mindset that Apple produces, the straitjacketed consumer
Walled Garden based on wimpy devices. So I will be a curmudgeon and stick
to more capable 3d devices, until such a time as *all* devices have amazing
3d capabilities. Like we're looking at a holo of Princess Leia straight
from R2D2's brain.
>
> Don't hold your breath. People still love Microsoft and as much as we the
> techies know how much better linux is for it's power and software choices,
In game development??? Surely you jest.
Cheers,
Brandon Van Every
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