This doesn’t make much sense because different companies / services will have vastly different development costs associated with Linux compatibility and there wouldn’t be just one global threshold for profitability for everyone
It’s a rough benchmark, not a “if we hit 5%, we immediately get all the software.”
For example, I doubt we’d get Apple porting Safari to Linux regardless of marketshare, but we’d probably get a ton more games with native support if it just meant testing and minor fixes to the Linux-compatible Vulkan build.
So don’t expect Adobe to suddenly port everything over, but expect a lot better compatibility as we get around 5% marketshare.
I don’t care about linux taking over the world or anything but I just want the market share high enough so companies will port their shit over
From what I read its ~ 5% for this to happen and companies taking Linux seriously.
Please share that article! 5% feels like just around the corner!
I hope that applies to games as well. It really does feel super close!
This doesn’t make much sense because different companies / services will have vastly different development costs associated with Linux compatibility and there wouldn’t be just one global threshold for profitability for everyone
It’s a rough benchmark, not a “if we hit 5%, we immediately get all the software.”
For example, I doubt we’d get Apple porting Safari to Linux regardless of marketshare, but we’d probably get a ton more games with native support if it just meant testing and minor fixes to the Linux-compatible Vulkan build.
So don’t expect Adobe to suddenly port everything over, but expect a lot better compatibility as we get around 5% marketshare.
they should just use Vulkan in the first placr because that runs on both windows and Linux
Sure, but that doesn’t eliminate dev or testing costs, it just reduces them.
People who don’t care is the reason Linux Desktop is at 3% and not 100%
I said I don’t care about world domination. I do care about it getting up tho