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The growth of Linux desktop marketshare, in percent of total, since 2009 (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/linux
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[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago (2 children)

All the usual caveats apply. Linux still comes behind "unknown" in Statcounter, whose methodology is... dubious, and the Steam survey has Linux at 2%, flat from the previous checkpoint.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

It makes sense that Steam is lower, since gaming historically has been one of the biggest things keeping people from switching. That's no longer the case, but it'll take time to convert people.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Also, putting half percent points from 0 to 5 on the y axis, while the x axis is four month intervals since 2009, makes this growth look way more significant that it really is...