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The growth of Linux desktop marketshare, in percent of total, since 2009 (sh.itjust.works)

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"Linux hits another all-time high for July 2024 according to Statcounter". Liam Dawe. GamingOnLinux. Published: 2024-08-01T11:35Z. Accessed: 2024-08-04T19:21Z. https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/linux-hits-another-all-time-high-for-july-2024-according-to-statcounter/.

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[–] onlinepersona 4 points 3 months ago

Probably the biggest drivers are Microsoft (being greedy pigs and making their UX worse) and Valve (promoting gaming on Linux). It should've been the Linux Foundation, IMO, but allocated spend 2% of their budget to linux.

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