That’s a huge increase.
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The most possible answer might be more boring though: this number is increasing because more people are installing Linux in old PCs and Laptops, either out of curiosity or because they want the machine to live more years.
Still, this might make people consider install Linux in their main machine too in the future (after they pass the learning curve).
i think its been bouncing around there 3% or so for a while though
No, it was close to reaching 3%. Went to 2.91, now it’s beyond that landmark and even gained .08% extra.
It’s excellent news because companies are less likely to ignore the market share of Linux.
well that sounds like good news
Usual question behind this kind of stats: what are the sources? I’m tired of having to believe stuff that appears on the net just by faith.
I think it’s browser user agents.
Which have been wildly unuseful for over a decade
Not only that but looks to be via tracking code used on various sites. I suspect a larger percentage of Linux users will be using ad blockers that likely block that further reducing the numbers.
The stack overflow survey puts the various Linux distros at about 58.4%* with windows at 59.72% and MacOS at 32.57% for personal use. This both accounts for people using multiple OSs and gives a much more accurate number - at least among developers. Though I do suspect these numbers will be higher for developers than the general population but 3% to 58% is a huge discrepancy.
The steam hardware survey does put the number at 1.44%, though that is extremely biased towards windows for obvious reasons. And I don’t know of any more accurate ways of counting then these two. But they only show two wieldy different domains.
* wonder why they broke that out to different distros this year pushing it down the list by splitting it up 🤔 why not also report on the different versions of windows? 😒
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And ChromeOS is even more popular.
It’ll be interesting to see if that number climbs once Windows 10 reaches EOL.
Win 10 IOT Enterprise LTSC will be my last Windows. I’m fairly sure Linux will be significantly greater in 2032, so I can avoid this spyware trash. Unfortunately my area of expertise is C#/.NET, so I’m stuck with this trash at work when I will be a working citizen.
Year of the Linux desktop, is it?
It doesn’t say how they measure it. Some browsers identify as using Windows. Many people also use multiboot with Windows. Having Windows preinstalled also doesn’t mean you’re using it.
