Friday, August 7th, 2026, 4:19 pm
In 2026, GNU/Linux is No ‘Underdog’
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HIS afternoon a friend reminded me of: “Yeah, well, that’s just, like, your opinion, man.”
It’s a famous line from a famous flick. We discussed numbers related to the waste of money associated with proprietary software and I said that if we assume 90% of “IT” budgets in governments (across Europe) are devoted to proprietary stuff, then we can deduce totals or estimates (rough totals) associated with such undesirable software which threatens sovereignty, both at a national and commercial level.
I also noted that GNU/Linux – a carrier of Software Freedom – is moving from underdog status to middledog [sic] – i.e. not top dog yet but heading there w.r.t. desktops and laptops. I said we need to cover this as it’ll happen once, and once only. Of course many sites will cover it and are already covering the growth of GNU/Linux, e.g. “Desktop Linux Just Cracked 10% Market Share – and Windows 11 is Mostly the Reason” (SoylentNews citing ZDNet).
