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Linux desktop use spikes to over 10% in North America for the first time. There is also a corresponding drop in Windows and OSX use. (thelemmy.club)
submitted 17 hours ago by cm0002@infosec.pub to c/linux@programming.dev
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https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/north-america/#monthly-200901-202607

https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=north-america&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP

Cloudflare stats also seem to support peaks of 15% usage but around 9-10% on average.

The trendline suggests this is just the start.

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[-] OwOarchist@pawb.social 22 points 15 hours ago

The year you install Linux on your desktop is the year of the Linux desktop. It's different for everybody.

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