What is happening in Norway, and how do we spread it?

1 out of the 3 total norwegian changed the OS after creating a lemmy account.

I especially appreciate that the graph is designed as "Linux" and "Other" instead of "Windows", maybe "MacOS" and "Other".

Norwegian here. I quit reddit and joined Lemmy after the API debacle. Installed mint because of W11. (A big factor was how Steam and proton enables me to play games)

Can't say either Lemmy or Linux has gotten any media attention in the big news sources as far as I can see.

I am the only one in my circle of friends that quit Reddit (most follow the various 40k reddits, and they have no replacement in federated options)

They just started counting all my computers and virtual machines on which I run Arch and Nixos btw!

As a Dane i can say that maybe its because Scandinavians are generally pretty tech savvy and good with digitalisation. Also Scandinavians has a low tolerance for bullshit.

Is that where all the government computers run Ubuntu?

Linux on all their electric cars, and they're watching porn while driving ;)

European governments will do this thing where they pass some law that says they have to take bids from local vendors for systems, olafs computer service will put in a bid with some free software system, the government will take them up on it, spend a bunch of money trying to integrate it into their existing systems with varying degrees of success then parlay abandoning it for their majority provider in exchange for avoiding cost increases or some free support/equipment.

I think Germany’s done it twice now.

In India, the share of Linux desktop became double just within one year (from 8% to 16%). I only hope this data is right.

https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/india/#monthly-202301-202407

ironically half my team at work is in Norway and they use windows. My team in the US uses linux.

One extra Norwegian user in Statcounter's biased and unrepresentative dataset started to use Linux, probably.

Northern European pride!

Being that Linus is from Finland & all.

Nothing is happening in Norway. Source: I live in Norway.

I've met only a handful people that use Linux on their desktop, plus some developers that use it at work.

Strong social nets that allow people breathing room to allow more interest in how their computers work?

What's the source for this image?

Serious question for you all. I too wish to see Linux use increase. I also want to see corporate social media die. I am thinking of requiring my students to create Lemmy accounts for a Lemmy group i create.

Do you think this might move folks away from essy corporate os and social media? How do You see it giving wrong?

Cuba, Germany, Greece and Albania have good %

This reminds me of Meetup.com dying almost everywhere except Chicago where the HQ is and everyone uses it.

Demand the government implement Linux to increase the funds available for social services

I don't really know about the uptick, but the general trend upward over a longer period of time I kind of wonder if it's due to things like the steam deck. I played around with gaming in Linux with wine back in the early 2010s and was woefully unimpressed with how little I could do, especially with the amount of work involved. I didn't really give it a second look at all, but after the deck released I was blown away by how much has improved, and it's motivated me to see how much I can get away with without windows. I wonder how many people have had a similar experience.

This is reported as a percentage and that's what is tripping people up here.

You are not seeing a drastic rise in Linux usage you are seeing a large decrease in the use of desktop computers.

Linux is increasing because the only ones left using desktops are Linux users.

How accurate are these measurements? I don't know much about Norway, but if there was some massive roll-out of Linux in the governmental sector or their school system, surely there would be posts about it here?

Edit: I'm just having a hard time believing such high numbers without something like that.

This graph gives me some Corona flashbacks.

You know, charts can lie, but with THAT crosshatch? Impossible.

It's 3,68% in my country

noice

Worth noting that Norway has a very small population, in fact, short term residencies leaving such as students, refugees (which Norway takes an insane amount of), and seasonal (especially oil) workers could at least explain the trend/fluctuation. Overall high usage is cool though! Norway also had a fuckton of government money going into tech startups so maybe that's impacting it too.

Of all countries Norway might be among the last to switch to Linux.

Rich countries tend to go the apple way.

This cannot be true. The dip in windows is corrolated with the increase in linux. Its just a measurement error

I wish there were more focus on the desktop and app gui side of things on Linux

sure using the terminal to install things is very efficient but some people just want an install button and a gui that they don't have to use more than 2 braincells to figure out why package not found or some obscure error with an app for the next 2 hours with forum pages full of condescending non answers

Why do you all want to rule the world? Just let people who like windows enjoy it... Jesus christ.