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Linux's market share in North America has breached 10% for the first time, says StatCounter
(www.xda-developers.com)
Not reached, but breached?
What is Linux, a virus?
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mircoslop really working their asses off for this to be possible
Let’s be clear here. Linux is the most used OS on the planet and has been for a long time. This is just about desktops
Right but if we're being honest, desktop OS are really the only one that matters. Nobody cares that they own 12 different stripped down Linux boxes because those boxes are tvs or roombas or whatever.
Maybe not, but surely the clouds' infrastructure, the webservers, and the mobile phones matter to people...
Moreover even if the 10% is inflated, Windows falling to 57 is crazy
Oh for sure the 10% and 57% are insane.
But not really no. Most non tech people barely realize the cloud is someone else's computer, nevermind thinking about what software that computer runs. Same thing with webservers. Phones are further obscured cause it's not expressed as Linux.
People don't know, but that doesn't mean it doesn't matter
Do thinks you have no concept of matter to you typically? How can something matter to you if you have never spared a single thought for it before?
More lunix, oh yeah, the year is coming
Double digits! So happy, 1 in 10 desktops run Linux.
So, 2026 is officially the year now?
Always has been !
Wow that's like over double in 2 months
More!
YEAR 😠