Statcounter is reporting that Linux on the desktop has surpassed 4% of market share compared to just 1.53% in October 2020. The reasons for the increase aren't known but we speculate about the cause.

Statcounter, a website that tracks the market share of web browsers, operating systems, and search engines, is reporting that Linux on the desktop has over 4% market share for the very first time (Statcounter records ChromeOS as a separate operating system despite being based on Linux). Statcounter doesn’t provide any explanation about why the market share has increased but we can speculate what’s going on.

Linux’s march to its 4.03% market share has been a steady process ever since the final months of 2020 when Linux held just 1.53% of desktop market share. One of the biggest contributors to the growth of Linux is likely the stringent hardware requirements of Windows 11.

  • @[email protected]
    3•9 months ago

    What does TPM even do that it is needed over UEFI secure boot? Validate individual hardware components?

    • @[email protected]
      2•9 months ago

      for gaming purposes, it can be used for hardeare level bans that cant be bypassed like Hardware IDs. tpms are tied to the chip (or cpu if using fTPM) so a hardware ban would effectively be making said tom module or cpu outright banned, requiring the user to get a new one if they wanted to continue to play.

      • @NotMyOldRedditName
        4•9 months ago

        Whaaaaat?!?!?!?!?

        I honestly hadn’t looked into it and thought it was some sort of secure key management for any crypto process?

        Maybe it is as well, but fuck hardware banning.

        • @[email protected]
          3•9 months ago

          prpgrams basically use it for authentication, it has other uses too, but is effectively a tool to verify if the computer is the correct person, as no other device would be capable of immitating and create the message they sent. because of that, its effectively a hardware ID, attached to the tpm module, or more commonly for consumers, the CPU.

          banning said device would effectively be a hardware ban. which would be used by compeotitive online games to dissuade cheaters an evergrowing problem with lack of solutions.

          • @NotMyOldRedditName
            1•9 months ago

            I imagine that could get pretty dystopian pretty quickly.

            Permanently block the CPU from the internet through a shared ISP ban list?

            • @[email protected]
              1•9 months ago

              the person writing the software would have to allow for the check to happen i would think. the only game im aware that actively uses it is Valorant.