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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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"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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

Thanks! It does indeed look like people try out Linux before the new Windows release. Then it returns to the slower adoption trend.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

It's also interesting because you can also see a steeper line corresponding on the "worse" windows versions (8, 11) while it's relatively stagnant during windows 10