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According to the USA Gov, Linux usage is at 5.8%

In addition to Pornhub and Steam, the USA government tracks platform usage as well. Plotted here and updated monthly:

https://github.com/CodebergIsBetter/platform-share-usa-gov#platform-share-on-usagov

Useful to have one more platform to check Linux’s growth.

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[–] BrightCandle@lemmy.world 20 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Of the desktop presumably. Of the server and other devices market its a lot more that.

[–] Logical_Error@fosstodon.org 7 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

@BrightCandle i would be surprised if there were a significant amount of users visiting the usa government websites through a Linux server

sounds oddly niche :P

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 hours ago

I mean Lynx and Browsh exist for terminal web surfing...but yeah that is niche