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

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 7 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] 6 points 7 months ago (3 children)

And for $200 you can get a smartphone that is more than good enough

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

Phones in India can be bought for near 50$, and that provide everything a common citizen (and I mean mandatory government app and messaging) need. And 50$ still isn't cheap for most of the population. It's a totally different economy than usa

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

@Bene7rddso @dino And sometimes the thing you need ends up being the one you get first. I need a phone and can get by without a PC.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

For text processing? Okay, checks out.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

With Google Docs it works. If you need more a cheap tablet and Bluetooth keyboard & mouse is still cheaper

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago

Yes, and I place the smartphone on my smartphoneholder glasses so I can actually see what I am typing on my bluetooth keyboard... oyoyoyoyoy