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According to the USA Gov, Linux usage is at 5.8% (fosstodon.org)
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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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[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

In addition to Pornhub and Steam, the USA government tracks platform usage as well.

Those are three important things for it to track.