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Linux has over 6% of the desktop market? Yes, you read that right - here's how (www.zdnet.com)

submitted 1 week ago by cm0002@programming.dev to c/linux@programming.dev

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Clickbaity title on the original article, but I think this is the most important point to consider from it:

After getting to 1% in approximately 2011, it took about a decade to double that to 2%. The jump from 2% to 3% took just over two years, and 3% to 4% took less than a year.

Get the picture? The Linux desktop is growing, and it's growing fast.

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[–] Lumisal@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

By your logic people who only use Windows to game aren't Windows users.

This is a stupid purity test you're running on.

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world -3 points 1 week ago

No, I’m making a distinction between “Linux market share” and growing the Linux community. Nothing to do with purity and everything to do with what’s really important here.