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Re:Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 pass 10% market share, Windows ... by Theodores on Thursday January 02, 2014 @08:20AM (#6999440)
There is no rise in Linux adoption unless you count ChromeOS.

I use Linux on the desktop but it has been a while since I have seen or heard of anyone making the move to Ubuntu or anything else install-yourself on the desktop. However I do know of lots of happy Chromebook users.

There is no headline story here as far as Linux is concerned. As I see it there is a very slow replacement rate for regular PC's - 10% market share in over a year looks to me like only 11% of PC's have been replaced in the last year. Given PC's are supposed to have an average lifespan of 5-7 years that means Windows really is not selling very well.

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Re:Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 pass 10% market share, Windows ... by Beliavsky on Thursday January 02, 2014 @11:17AM (#7000302)
PC's with 2-3 terabyte hard drives and 8+ GB of RAM are not that expensive, and download speeds are fast with broadband, which allows "excess" resources to be used to obtain and install a Linux iso within Windows using VirtualBox. So it's become a lot easier to experiment with Linux. I like Linux Mint.
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Re:Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 pass 10% market share, Windows ... by Theodores on Thursday January 02, 2014 @11:44AM (#7000461)
http://www.google.co.uk/trends/explore#q=%2Fm%2F027q8xw
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Re:Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 pass 10% market share, Windows ... by blahbl4hblahtoo on Thursday January 02, 2014 @09:40AM (#6999733)
To be fair Android is doing very well.
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