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Windows Drops Under 60% in Global Desktop OS Share for the First Time in Years (linuxiac.com)
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StatCounter’s June 2026 report shows Linux at one of its strongest recent positions, while Windows falls to 56.55%.

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[–] 36 points 2 months ago (4 children)

It feels like macOS is somehow over represented there. Specially for a global statistic. In many countries macs are completely residual, where I live I almost know more people using linux than mac.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 months ago

    These are http requests, so it could be inflated from the larger proportion of software engineers using macOS, who also make significantly more requests than average, including in their usage of ai...

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