this post was submitted on 11 Jul 2026
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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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[–] Aceofspades@lemmy.ca 1 points 40 minutes ago

Poor BSD at 0.0%.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 hours ago

I want to believe that, but if it's coming from the USA Gov, it's immediately sus.

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

5% support is enough for public funding from the Federal Elections Commission come next election season.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 18 points 4 hours ago

Love that the username is "Codeberg is better".

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 2 points 2 hours ago

Good. Fuck Microsoft. No regrets about running Linux for the past few years.

[–] BrightCandle@lemmy.world 18 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] Logical_Error@fosstodon.org 5 points 4 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 3 hours ago

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