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Statcounter is now showing 10% Linux market share on desktops in North America (gs.statcounter.com)
submitted 2 days ago by muelltonne@feddit.org to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Cloudflare is also showing the same trend: Linux usage on Desktops is rising. You can also filter the Cloudflare data to "likely human" and it still shows the same trend

https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=52w&loc=north-america&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP

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[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Y'all, not it's not. Bots, maybe, but also what's the source of this data?

This chart lists Mac OS and OSX as 2 different lines. You trust this data because it confirms your biases?

[–] 712@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Mac OS and OSX seem to be reported separately apparently because many browsers don’t distinguish them?

Just something I read on Reddit, not sure if true.

[–] carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 days ago

according to what i’ve seen on reddit (amazing source i know), safari reports itself as OS X while other browsers report themselves as macOS

[–] madthumbs@lemmy.world -5 points 2 days ago

Many Linux users boast about using multiple computers for redundant tasks, as well as virtual machines. -It doesn't even have to be bots. They've published on various sites like Reddit how to manipulate the steam survey pop-up. Don't trust any stats on Linux. -Even if it was part of the US census, they couldn't get an accurate number.