Logical_Error
@Franconian_Nomad hehe lol thanks
most people aren’t even going to read the post in its entirety and comment on a knee jerk reaction (already getting some which is always amusing). those comments aren’t worth addressing tbh
but overall i think this is a useful article as it tries to tow a pragmatic line. plus im fine with challenging my thinking, and if anyone has a useful comment worth considering, im open to it
there are other humans in other countries that are looking for a better life
the problem is that countries with declining birth rates dont see them as humans
@thingsiplay exactly! that was my point to writing this article: that it should soon be relevant enough :)
np! i dont see this as confrontational at all! on the other hand im glad to be getting constructive criticism (which i cant really say for the other comments)
and all valid points u are making. most important thing is we will have to wait and see, but im very excited to see linux’s growth :)
@AmbitiousProcess the usa gov graph shows a daily stat. if u have any other websites that show linux stats lmk
there are also reasonings listed in the dropdown at the top of the article
the comments are a little funny to read
when a vendor doesn’t support their hw on windows, the vendor is blamed
when a vendor doesn’t support their hw on linux, linux is blamed
a little funny to see someone say the same exact thing as me, but conclude the opposite thing
https://fosstodon.org/@Logical/_Error/115674824627182408
that 1% gain translates to a lot of people. app devs will hopefully target linux now as there are finally a sizable amt of people on the platform. its breaking the chicken and egg cycle
no need to worry about the software fragmentation. it gives OEMs a choice on how they would like to sell a system. we dont want to be like android now do we. i see it as a plus
yup it is very active. u can follow the account here: @postmarketOS
as for why the devices seem old: it takes a lot of work trying to get the old android kernel working with the mainline kernel. its much harder than lineageos as we dont reuse the old android kernel and a lot of work needs to be done on both the kernel and userspace
basically one person is doing an entire engineering departments work
if ud like the newest phone, u can get a fairphone 5
@psud ohhh gotcha yeah, that’s something i noticed too reading the comments
i was hoping that it would be a good hook to get people to read the article, but seems to have caused a knee jerk reaction instead. i wouldve posted the entire article here, but unfortunately on mastodon im limited to 500 chars :(
i might have to rethink how i present my hooks in the future. regardless, thanks again for reading and giving ur thoughts! :)