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Finland: Linux reaches desktop market share of 19.1% in July - up from 5.4% in January (gs.statcounter.com)
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cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/3907142

In all other countries worldwide, Linux market shares are well below 10%.

Linux market shares in July 2025:

  • Africa: 3.1%
  • Europe: 4.6%
  • Asia: 2.4
  • North America: 4.9%
  • South America: 3.6%
  • Oceania: 2.3%
  • Worldwide: 3.9%

What happens in Finland?

UPDATE: There was apparently a similar development in 2022 according to the stats when Linux market share in Finland went up to +18 by July and then dropped sharply to 4% by the end of the year. I don't understand that, but maybe the data is flawed? (My apologies for any confusion this may cause.)

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[-] gigachad@piefed.social 52 points 1 day ago

I think schools and universities in Finland are giving out free computers with Linux installed for a few years now.

[-] jouhija@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 day ago

Not mine, they're entrenched with M$. Everything is done with M$ Office, even programming exercises and projects are uploaded to OneDrive for the teacher to examine

Oh what's that, you need me to authenticate again even though I did that just this morning? .......

[-] gigachad@piefed.social 2 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

I searched the internet an found and alternative platform to the Threadiverse where this was discussed (something starting with R, I don't remember).

So actually I don't know shit about Finland, but it seemed like the only explanation yet that makes sense. But if you're Finnish I guess you know a lot more about how it works up there!

[-] jouhija@sopuli.xyz 4 points 23 hours ago

Some schools or universities might be starting to embrace Linux, but at least in North Karelia all the universities (applied science or not) & high- and vocational schools use MS products

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