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Microsoft is one of the greatest promoters of the Linux desktop (lemmy.zip)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (3 children)

You must be joking. 4% is kind of huge. We are talking about hundreds of thousands of users

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

And it's been less than a year since we passed the 3% mark. Linux adoption is accelerating rapidly, and that's only going to increase as its market share continues to grow and more vendors start supporting it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

It's more than that, this is why such a small percent number can be so misleading. There are billions of computers active in the world, even if we limit ourselves to only desktops and laptops, nearly half a billion personal computers are made and sold each year (Lenovo alone sells over 80 million every year). Under 4% we are talking about roughly a hundred million devices running Linux desktop.

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

We aren't at 4% yet. Linux is currently sitting at about 3.88%. Its not that far till 4%,but it still isn't 4%.

https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide/