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Linux has over 6% of the desktop market? Yes, you read that right - here's how (www.zdnet.com)
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Clickbaity title on the original article, but I think this is the most important point to consider from it:

After getting to 1% in approximately 2011, it took about a decade to double that to 2%. The jump from 2% to 3% took just over two years, and 3% to 4% took less than a year.

Get the picture? The Linux desktop is growing, and it's growing fast.

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[-] HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org 10 points 4 days ago

Microsoft has been making Windows worse. I feel more that this is Microsoft's fault, they have abandoned the development of desktop Windows and the advancement of support for modern processor designs and gaming hardware.

Moores law is dead since a long time except for graphic cards and GPUs. This means you can't keep adding things to desktop software in the style of "What IBM giveth, Microsoft takes away".

Existing development paradigms don't add significant qualities to many-processor hardware.

Which also explains part of the AI craze. It is investment money searching for a sensible use.

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