• agame@lemm.ee
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      2 years ago

      Probably trolls looking for attention and engagement. But not being aware that their comments does hurt someone.

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      Indians are present in big numbers on reddit and other websites due to how populated India is, how english is popular there and that they aren’t contained in national platforms like their chinese neighbors. It makes them noticeable for bigots to single them out and target. Just because they want someone to hate and laugh at to up their self-esteem.

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        riiiight it’s not like they use their population to push lies, distort the truth and not push their extreme caste hatred elsewhere.

        It makes them noticeable for bigots to single them out and target.

        it’s actually the opposite. one indian guy pushes a lie that puts india in a better light and almost every indian votes the post or comment to the top. anyone pointing out the truth is buried by the nationalistic brigade.

        Racism is bad, using the ignorant populace to push lies is bad too.

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      I suspect it is a combination of its being free, working well on older hardware, and the tech literacy in India.

      Software development and engineering are important aspects of the Indian economy. Linux is arguably the best platform for that kind of work, especially in the cloud. Tech support of those kinds of systems require the same skills.

      Given how well Linux runs on older machines, I consider low Linux penetration a hallmark of rich countries.

      In my own household, Linux goes on all the older hardware ( including Macs ). That has really extended the length of time before hardware needs to be replaced. It also means that, over time, the percentage of active equipment using Linux has increased.

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    I wish they would include mobile in these stats, it would better show consumer operating systems and the Android bump would let people know Linux isn’t as niche as they thought

    Edit: Apparently they have this but they don’t label it as Linux

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    Indian here. There are a lot of Indians that love tech experimentation and “jugaad”, and just the mere act of dailying Linux allows us to step up our IT industry game for zero cost.