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Linux Desktop Market share keeps increasing, 3.19% now. +0.07% for August (gs.statcounter.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Chrome OS saw a good raise too. OS X(Mac) saw a decrease.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

The steam deck is very popular. This is great for Linux.

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

@valentino With how many devices that run Windows (without #tpm 2.0 or 8gb ram) or MacOS (earlier than 2018), it’s no surprise people are #SwitchingToLinux .

To give some perspective the GTX1060 (from 2016) still holds 4% of steam users.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How much of this is SteamOS?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Does SteamOS count as desktop?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It has KDE plasma desktop mode so yes

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What falls into "unknown"??

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

ReactOS, Haiku, ArcaOS, Icaros Desktop, and the like, I’d imagine.