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Linux market share passes 4% for first time; macOS dominance declines (arstechnica.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I know this might be a couple months old, but I didn't know we already passed 4%.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (41 children)

Music and graphic art software is the only advantage I can find for MacOS over Linux at this point. I love the Apple silicon but I don't see that being a long term advantage.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (37 children)

Stability and UI/UX are still lightyears ahead in Mac, and to some extent Windows. Don't get me wrong, they suck for lots of reasons, but I think Linux has a lot of catching up to do to be as usable as Mac/Windows for the ordinary user.

I think standardizing package formats, and more mature desktop managers and proprietary drivers will go a long way to fixing that though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (9 children)

I struggle to do the same things on the Mac that are trivial in Windows and Linux.

For example, I gave up on Homebrew because it was difficult to install. For one thing, it required me to set up an Apple developer account on my version of MacOS

I don't use my girlfriend's Mac book because the OS is not as intuitive, like I found out recently you have to drag the icon in to install things. Who comes up with this shit?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That's fair, I think Mac's extremely opinionated design that be grating at times. Also, heaven help you if you want to do something non-standard on a Mac, the system fights you every step of the way.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

There isn’t much you can’t do on Mac if you use the terminal, much like Linux. It’s much better than the convoluted mess that windows settings is.