Desktop Operating System Market Share Worldwide | Statcounter Global Stats
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It peaked at 4.05% in March. The last 2 months it went just below 4% as the Unknown category increased. For June the reverse happened, so 4.04% seems to be the real current share of Linux on Desktop as desktop clients were read properly/werent spoofed.

    • lazycat@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      I see multiple posts on reddit everyday asking for advice for migrating to linux. I think linux userbase is increasing a lot since Window’s questionable recall announcement.

      • Read bio@thelemmy.clubEnglish
        1·
        3 months ago

        And the valve steamdeck But some people install windows on it which defeats it’s linux purpose

  • CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
    1·
    3 months ago

    The combined forces of microsoft reaching new heights of greed and intrusion, plus the massive dev efforts for the best ever GNU Linux and Proton 📈📈📈

  • Fonzie!@ttrpg.network
    1·
    3 months ago

    In all seriousness, I think government bodies switching to Linux (UK’s, China’s, some Indian states’) attributes the most to this.

      • dan@upvote.au
        0·
        3 months ago

        User agent strings are frozen these days, at least in Chrome. They still have the browser major version and OS name at least, but Windows will always report Windows 10, Android will always report Android 10, MacOS will always report 10.15.7, and Linux is just “Linux x86_64”: https://www.chromium.org/updates/ua-reduction/

        User agent strings are essentially deprecated and nobody should be using them any more. They’ve been replaced by User-Agent Client Hints, where the site can request the data it needs, and some high-entropy things (ie fields that vary a lot between users) can prompt the user for permission to share them first.

  • TheDuckPrince@lemm.ee
    0·
    3 months ago

    If only linux gaming and thermal became more and more robust, in few year I will switch too with pleasure. Adobe suite can still be a problem but not for me anymore at least.

    • theroff@aussie.zone
      01·
      3 months ago

      Yeah me too, safety in numbers. Maybe if Linux desktop gets bigger than Windows they’ll swap it around 👨‍💻