Linux reached 10% of the desktop operating system market in Greece!

  • MetaPhrastes@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Be it for economic reasons, be it for any other reason this is really good news! Kudos to Greece and to all Greek people. My country, Italy, is still below 1% as of June 2023 according to statcounter so there’s still a lot of work to do! Seeing Linux as an option to bring back to life second hand or old hardware, preventing wastes and promoting circular economy is an idea I really like.

  • walderan@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I had noticed that we’ve been pretty high on global statistics for years, but hadn’t seen anyone point it out.
    Και το βλέπεις και στη πράξη, οι linuxάδες δεν είναι σπάνιοι, και όταν μιλάς σε τεχνικούς/support δεν σε κοιτάνε σαν εξωγήινο αν ακούσουν για Linux.

  • christos@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    What?

    Yes!

    I need to check the source though.

    OP correct the spelling: Ελλάδα, not Ελάδα.

    • wallmenis@lemmy.oneOPEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      A lot of people have pretty old desktop computers and can’t upgrade. They start using linux instead of windows to get better performance

      • Korkki@lemmy.worldEnglish
        0·
        1 year ago

        Tax really is a good word for it. When you basically have a monopoly on or just act as gatekeeper to something and there is no market and no real competition the fee and profits you are making is basically taxation.

        OSs kinda also act like natural monopolies because of software compatibility. People tend to gravitate towards the option that has most software support for ease of use. Windows should either be taken over by taken over by international bodies to be handled as global commons (of which I seen never happening) or it should be replaced with a open OS like Linux. Same could be said with social media, because it’s equally retarded to have the agoras used by the public as a profiteering tool for capitalists who abuse their power and leech from their monopoly, when the user base is the only thing that gives a platform any value.

        • ffhein@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Add digital identification and payment to that list. As society is going cash-less we’ve got to depend on privately owned proprietary software to do shopping, banking, taxes, to use public transport, and to access healthcare. There are a few different companies providing digital IDs here, but none of them have a client that runs on Linux. Their mobile apps require either an iPhone or Android with Google Play Services.