• @TropicalDingdong
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      259 months ago

      What if its exponential growth?

      Then we should expect that in ~35 years, 200% of users will be using desktop linux.

        • @agent_flounder
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          29 months ago

          Naw, it just means everyone will have two Linux computers!

          • @A_Random_Idiot
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            49 months ago

            I mean, I currently have 3 linux computers… sooooo…

        • @TropicalDingdong
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          9 months ago

          Ok, fine, I’ll do the actual curve fitting instead of just estimating.

          Eyeballing it, were saying 1% in 2013, 2% in 2021, 3% in 2023?

          Gives us a fit of…

          0.873 * exp(0.118 * x)

          So…

          Correct the equation and solve for x

          x_target = np.log(200 / a) / b

          Calculate the actual year

          year_target = 2013 + x_target

          print(year_target)

          In ~2058 everyone will be using two linux desktops at once.

          • @[email protected]
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            29 months ago

            If you don’t think of the increase in speed of new users as continuing to increase exponentially.

            • @TropicalDingdong
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              19 months ago

              Isn’t that the point of the exponent in the exponential function?

      • @AlecStewart1st
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        29 months ago

        2060 - The True and Definitive Year of the Linux Desktop (maybe, probably not but hopefully)