Linux Desktop Market share keeps increasing, 3.19% now. +0.07% for August
Linux Desktop Market share keeps increasing, 3.19% now. +0.07% for August
This graph shows the market share of desktop operating systems worldwide based on over 5 billion monthly page views.
Chrome OS saw a good raise too. OS X(Mac) saw a decrease.
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Just an FYI that at this rate it's only going to take another 115 years before Linux has 100% market share.
105 2 Reply2138 is the year of the Linux desktop!
42 1 ReplyWhat if S-curve instead of linear rate?
26 0 ReplyYou mean Linux isn't going to have 200% market share one day? Shit, I'm starting to think my calculations may have not been totally serious.
49 1 ReplyI get that, I just like math
3 0 ReplyEntirely possible if the population dubbles
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Market share is usually a curve.
20 0 Reply2138, year of the Linux desktop.
16 0 ReplyExacting 100years after y2k38
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This is the same logic that a right wing ex-president of my country used to criticize the current leftist president while talking about the COVID-19 vaccination campaign.
14 1 ReplyThat's fine, there's no rush.
10 0 ReplyThat's for August. And the growth is exponential, not linear.
11 1 ReplyTo a point. Let's be honest it's going to be more like an S-curve since you can't go past 100% market share, and some people will refuse to switch.
And people not wanting to switch is fine imo. Having competition will likely help all OS's get better over time
5 0 Replyi mean i'd prefer the competition to be BSD and such, not windows and macos
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Why would market share increase linearly?
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