Linux hits 4% on the desktop 🐧 📈
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The Linux phone has hit 0.01% oooof
I'm calling to arms linux desktop users to dip their toes into this space as we need all the support we can get
Well... in 2022, linux wasn't even categorized on mobile, and was grouped into "others". Now its marketshare is relevant enough to have its own category. It's something.
That’s actually a nice silver lining ;)
As much as I'd like to use a Linux phone, it's simply not feasible for almost everybody at the moment.
What do people user their phone for?
Linux phones, at the moment, are way behind Android/iOS in terms of security and, since privacy requires security, also in privacy.
Even stock Android has so many more security features, that it's not even close. Verified boot, exploit mitigation, (working) app sandboxing and so on. Not even speaking of specialized projects like GrapheneOS.
Even if the app ecosystem was there and the OS mature, I'd never run my banking through a Linux phone at the moment.
Also its just hostile hardware. I can run Linux on any PC I own. Only a few phones support installing it and have bad drivers even if.
Yes, but in fairness: The same is true for iOS or GrapeneOS, though that's for valid reasons.