Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share in USA

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Post by marcodiego » Wed, Jul 16, 2025, 10:37 AM UTC

Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share in USA
ostechnix.com

Re: Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share in USA

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Post by sylware » Wed, Jul 16, 2025, 10:56 AM UTC

I still wonder how they can know that reliably.

elf/linux distros are hardly pre-installed on PCs and forced upon users.

Re: Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share in USA

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Post by theandrewbailey » Wed, Jul 16, 2025, 10:57 AM UTC

I work in the refurb division of an e-waste recycling company. Due to licensing costs and our certifications, we can't sell anything with Windows. My coworkers install Ubuntu, but I install Linux Mint. We don't have any clue if people keep using Linux or install Windows, but it's cool to think we're helping to move this needle.

Edit: might as well link to the merch: https://www.ebay.com/str/evolutionecycling

Re: Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share in USA

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Post by btreecat » Wed, Jul 16, 2025, 11:12 AM UTC

sylware wrote: post #2

I still wonder how they can know that reliably. elf/linux distros are hardly pre-installed on PCs and forced upon users.

FTA

>According to the latest StatCounter Global Stats for June 2025, Linux now holds 5.03% of the desktop operating system market share in the United United States of America. This is fantastic news!

Re: Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share in USA

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Post by ghc » Wed, Jul 16, 2025, 11:14 AM UTC

btreecat wrote: post #4

sylware wrote: post #2

I still wonder how they can know that reliably. elf/linux distros are hardly pre-installed on PCs and forced upon users.

FTA >According to the latest StatCounter Global Stats for June 2025, Linux now holds 5.03% of the desktop operating system market share in the United United States of America. This is fantastic news!

That...does not answer his query.

Re: Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share in USA

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Post by fsflover » Wed, Jul 16, 2025, 11:15 AM UTC

Some related earlier discussions:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41312883

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39600172

Re: Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share in USA

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Post by ssgodderidge » Wed, Jul 16, 2025, 11:19 AM UTC

sylware wrote: post #2

I still wonder how they can know that reliably. elf/linux distros are hardly pre-installed on PCs and forced upon users.

Looks like they track site traffic. [1]

> Statcounter is a web analytics service. Our tracking code is installed on more than 1.5 million sites globally. These sites cover various activities and geographic locations. Every month, we record billions of page views to these sites. For each page view, we analyse the browser/operating system/screen resolution used and we establish if the page view is from a mobile device. For our search engine stats, we analyze every page view referred by a search engine. For our social media stats, we analyze every page view referred by a social media site. We summarize all this data to get our Global Stats information.

[1] https://gs.statcounter.com/faq#methodology

Re: Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share in USA

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Post by owebmaster » Wed, Jul 16, 2025, 11:20 AM UTC

fsflover wrote: post #6

Some related earlier discussions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41312883 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39600172

Wow! That's a day growth actually. What happened? Is it Steam OS?

Re: Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share in USA

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Post by iLoveOncall » Wed, Jul 16, 2025, 11:25 AM UTC

I don't believe this number for even a second.

Re: Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share in USA

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Post by andyferris » Wed, Jul 16, 2025, 11:26 AM UTC

I have to ask - what OS do AI-training web scrapers tend to report? (A mixture? One with > 5% linux market share? Sorry, being a sceptic, otherwise I think this is fantastic news if accurately measured).