How would the mainstream view it?
How would software support improve?
How would gaming look like?
Which country will become the first Linux majority? India? Seychelles?
How many local governments would start adopting it?
What year do you think it will happen in?
Android
- Better app compatibility
- More bugs fixed and features added
- Less e-Waste
- More open source projects
- People possibly valuing privacy more
- Games start to drop kernel anti cheats
Actually I think games would just include Linux Kernel modules for Anti-Cheat (which would be terrible as the Kernel has no consistent internal api). Or whole kernels that run in a hypervisor.
Never underestimate greed.
Or whole kernels that run in a Hypervisor.
Isn’t it what Microsoft does on Xbox One & Series ?
That’s a dream worth striving for!
Probably will be most notable for personal desktops with increased software support of consumer hardware. Mainstream only cares about what OS is pre installed, linux users are 99,9% advanced users just by the fact that they take the time to install an OS. Company adoption have the same issue, companies use what have worked before and what most employees are used to… and of course, what is pre installed on the desktops they buy.
Desktop linux is unlikely to happen at any point, just by the above facts. I am also not convinced it is the first choice for most tasks on a desktop. Servers and mobile it works great and other LTS hardware. With that said, I think when governments adopt linux we will definitely see an actual market and ecosystem develop… 2030? Maybe before, because countries will wake up and release its not the best idea to share all their data with MS. I could see something like Trump becoming president again, could actually spur on the adoption rate.
Sorry for the ramble, interesting question 👍
You’ll see a lot more CVEs.
The real answer
How would the mainstream view it?
A hip cool new thing that they’re just knowing. Probably intimidated too.
How would software support improve?
Borrowing ideas from already successful ways of supporting software done in other fields.
How would gaming look like?
Probably a huge deal breaker for some. If they know they can’t run 100% of the games they acquire on an OS, then that’s it.
Which country will become the first Linux majority? India? Seychelles?
India. It’s projected to grow at 25.2%
How many local governments would start adopting it?
Not many.
What year do you think it will happen in?
If it took Linux 3 decades to finally get to even 2%, I’m betting it’ll take another 3 decades or longer.
How would the mainstream view it?
Mostly postive, there can be some complaints about being hard to use etc
How would software support improve?
How would gaming look like?More apps and games might come and many companies might consider it.
Which country will become the first majority >Linux majority? India? Seychelles?
Prob some third world country
How many local governments would start >adopting it?
Idk
What year do you think it will happen in?
Prob around late 2020s
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It would likely look like versions of the three most popular forms of Linux today, Android, ChromeOS, and Steam Deck.
Very likely, it would be developed to host a vendor’s app store as a way to make money. Depending on the company, it would likely give admin access to users based on corporate preferences similar to how Android phone sellers lock or unlock parts of the phone. You can still install your own Linux to some computers, but that market would likely remain the same size it is today.
I also see some companies with a business model like Stripe deploy specialized Linux computers to businesses designed to deployable to large companies and have a longer lifecycle than a Windows OS. With payment of these computers likely done on a material + maintenance program, updates to these computers would likely focus on security and uptime only. Some individual large companies may even have their own flavor of Linux, like a hotel chain deploying terminals across corporate and franchise hotels and tied to corporate servers.
- how would it look
- what would it look like
Pick a lane.
10% of what market? It already has more than that in the server and embedded markets. In the desktop market, that will never happen. It’s just not user friendly enough and probably never will be.
