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Microslop is doing everything to promote Linux. So yes, I think 10% is possible.
I think it's inevitable at this rate. The rate it's growing, and the rate that people are being frustrated by Windows, means it's only a matter of time. When people see others they know on Linux then it breeds curiosity, and there's no turning back. It'll only grow.
And when the people with the ability to reinstall an OS have all switched to Linux then the others will follow. I have already switched two laptops from Windows to Linux in my close family and they have had no complaints about it.