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Games on Linux are great now this is why I fully moved to Linux. Is the the work place Pc's market improving.

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[–] oshu@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I feel like we've been having the same conversation for 20 years. Meanwhile the linux family of operating systems is now the most widely deployed in the world.

[–] SinJab0n@mujico.org 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Tell me windows market share again pls

[–] folaht@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

27% with Android at 44.5%.