The Paradoxical State of GNU/Linux Coverage
There has been so much happening, so little reporting
THERE seems to be a growing volume of reports, some of them chatbot slop, about Microsoft's "independence day layoffs" (for lack of a better term) and GNU/Linux measurements are showing sharp uptick this month. Many people abandon Vista 11 for good and move to GNU/Linux following major blunders.
But not all is good news. LXer had many site issues this past month (if not offline, then semi-functional), but this past day it has been offline almost permanently. One would expect GNU/Linux-centric news sites to grow, not perish at times like these.
Earlier today we published "GNU/Linux Now at 4.2% Worldwide as Seen by statCounter" and in some countries the adoption is a lot higher, e.g.:
That's GNU/Linux rising in Norway, just like Chromebooks in Sweden, GNU/Linux rising in Denmark, and GNU/Linux reaching 5% in Finland (not counting Chromebooks; it would be about 7.5% if counted).
It seems somewhat absurd that when Microsoft has mass layoffs every month if not ever week (Microsoft has had major layoffs every month so far this year) and GNU/Linux spreads further the sites which are meant to cover the topic go offline. █