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https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/north-america/#monthly-200901-202607
Cloudflare stats also seem to support peaks of 15% usage but around 9-10% on average. In the United States alone, the market share for Linux is nearly 12% now for the whole month and Cloudflare stats suggest peaks of up to 25% (!) Linux desktop usage on certain days and times.
The trendline suggests this is just the start. When will companies realize they cannot ignore Linux anymore?
How is chrome os so low when millions of kids use it in school?
If I had to guess, some ChromeOS browsers masquerade as Linux PCs
They aren't using desktops, if this can tell the difference between desktop/laptop
When people talk about “desktop” market share they’re essentially saying “not phones/tablets”
I took that to mean the difference between server and consumer 🤷♀️
If that's the case Android (Linux) blows the ratio massively
Looking at https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/ it looks like they only have categories for desktop, tablet, mobile, so presumably laptops are included