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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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[-] DJDarren@sopuli.xyz 14 points 16 hours ago

Does it count that I have four computers running Linux because I can't help myself?

[-] fluxion@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago

These stats are actually just tracking the number of linux desktops you have

[-] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

At a few work computers I once changed the user agent to say Firefox and Linux some years ago.

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