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Assuming you mean desktop Linux, probably slowly. While Linux on desktop is growing, Desktops PC use in general is trending downwards and Linux on mobile is far behind the other players.
My gut says that long before Linux overtakes Windows/Macintosh most people who want a mouse/keyboard/monitor experience will just plug their phone into a simple dock, like we're seeing with Android's "Desktop mode".
That trend probably already stabilized
I think we'll continue to see incremental gains for a long time, especially as normies abandon desktops/laptops entirely and the entire market shrinks. Windows will probably continue to dominate in enterprise for long past when it's fashionable.
apple is already in on this game, as well.
Unnecessarily late because they want users at least triple dipping with macbooks, ipads, and iphones, google too because they were pushing chromebooks for so long
It's crazy because Apple had every reason to be FAR ahead in that game.