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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Linux back at 4.04% on the Desktop. Windows went below 73% (gs.statcounter.com)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Source is the Steam hardware survey set to show Linux data only. He forgot to mention the statement is only true for Steam Gamers, not for all of Linux desktops outside of Steam.

~ https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/?platform=linux

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I believe the Steam Deck would be a significant portion of the Linux desktops, but Steam's survey might be a biased source, still

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What does significant portion mean to you?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I can imagine it'd affect statistics enough to see a clear change