[vox] The Trump Factor In Linux Growth

[bill broadley]

 > This is an interesting factor for the growth of Free software for sure!

Indeed.  Munich Germany tried similar, then went back to windows ... but is now 
considering open source again.  Schleswig-Holstein, one of Germany’s 16 states 
is moving 10 of thousands to Linux.

Does seem like tide is turning, some other data points:

* Linus tech tips had a disastrous attempt to try linux for a month a way back 
and failed.  They tried again recently and are loving it, have passed the month 
for the test and still haven't switched back.
* Seems like many gamers are considering things like bazzite distro of linux 
instead of windows 11.  Valve is of course on board.
* Valve of course has pending console and headset ... running linux.
* AMD is supporting Linux with *gasp* driver updates *before* the hardware 
ships.  Sadly Intel's moving in the opposite direction cancelling various OS 
projects.
* Companies like System76 and Framework seem more mainstream than previous Linux 
companies, and still put Linux first.  People seriously consider it as an option 
to a macbook pro.
* Lenovo's support seems broader and more official than in the past (all 
ThinkPad, ThinkStation, and ThinkServer have support)

Linux has great market share in:
* phones, all android run the linux kernel, well more than half the market
* edu laptops (all chromeboxes use the linux kernel)
* Cloud the majority of cloud nodes runs linux
* HPC - 100% of the top 500 runs linux.
* embedded - billions of CPUs ... mostly running linux.
* AI related development - seems mostly on linux or at least linux first.

Definitely a good year for Linux.