Re:Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux
by jsheard on Wednesday January 28, 2026 @10:26AM
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The Steam survey has it at 3.6%, although that's obviously skewed towards gamers, and counts Steam Decks in addition to desktops.
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Re:Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux
by lambdaone on Wednesday January 28, 2026 @10:36AM
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According to Statcounter, Linux's share is 3.86% and rising; but I'd imagine that quite a bit of the almost 16% 'unknown' is also Linux.
https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide
Not insignificant at all.
Re:Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux
by godelski on Wednesday January 28, 2026 @03:45PM
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Maybe more interesting is that if you switch to looking at just America Linux jumps to 5.25% (unknown 7.4%) (Similar numbers for all of NA), and for Europe it is 4.32% (9.75% unknown).
Again, not huge numbers but also not insignificant. But they are quickly growing and taking share from Microsoft. If we look back at (Dec) 2021 the numbers are 1.8% and 2.2% respectively. Those gains are meaningful.
Re:Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux
by havblue on Wednesday January 28, 2026 @01:44PM
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You can see that while Windows 10 numbers are going down over the past few months, the Windows 11 numbers aren't making up for it. About 2/3 of that gap are going to Linux with the other third going to Mac. So Mac is getting more market at the expense of Windows as well. There are a significant number of disgruntled Windows users leaving over the past year.