The Lunduke Journal Podcast - April 18, 2022
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Ubuntu market-share is in a nosedive (and that's ok):
https://lunduke.substack.com/p/ubuntu-market-share-is-in-a-nosedive
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The Lunduke Journal Podcast - April 18, 2022
PS - Has market share in Gamerland been shown to be correlated with REVENUE?
Likewise, does Distrowatch predict REVENUE? Could it be that the drop-off at the question-asking sites be an indication of *quality* in terms of supporting real users?
Real users don’t install to get the New Shiny.
If it works predictably, they keep using it.
Could it be that Linux, when packaged well, has reached the maturity where Real Users (correlated with supplier revenue) outnumber the garage mechanics (grin) that they are no longer wagging the dog? Could this be the “medical marijuana” moment for Linux?
The most important thing I learned building software *products* (as opposed to brilliant parlor tricks), the second, third, and fourth 90% is *packaging*. That’s what Ubuntu got right out the door. As for “equivalence by genetic contribution”, in spite of the breadth of apparent progeny, Debian was always “User Fiendly”, by design. Without the “charm school” treatment of Ubuntu, and the other mom-and-pop “Earl Scheib” paint shops,
Debian would have likely disappeared.
So if indeed Ubuntu has changed its productization target, they may well have committed a strategic error.