Do my eyes deceive me? Apparently not. According to Statcounter, the Linux share on the desktop has actually now passed 3% for the first time.
While it has been close a couple of times, the trend according to their stats is pretty clear that Linux use has been slowly rising over the last few years. This does not include ChromeOS, even though it's based on Linux, as they track that separately so this is just plain desktop Linux.
As always, keep a big pinch of salt ready though for any such survey. Statcounter gather this data from around "1.5 million sites globally". Still, just like the Steam Survey that we regularly look at for trends, it's an interesting measure to keep an eye on for the overall picture.
Across this year their stats show for Linux:
- January - 2.91%
- February - 2.94%
- March - 2.85%
- April - 2.83%
- May - 2.7%
- June - 3.07%
See the stats on Statcounter.
What are your thoughts? Be sure to leave a note in the comments!
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Quoting: BoldosI don't know (and trust), what these web counters are really showing.Curious. On Xubuntu, it reports itself as Ubuntu, as expected. I've never meddled with it.
Not because they are rigged, but because the browsers themselves are rigged.
What does my Ubuntu pre-installed Firefox report?
That said, that minutiae from my end of things doesn't invalidate your point at all.
You're absolutely right, and there are plenty of folks who do this deliberately in order to make wonky web-apps work properly, too.
iWeaker4You Jul 11, 2023
Quoting: iWeaker4YouAgain ? It had already reached 3% several months ago.Not according to this stat. I searched through years of their stats and this was the first time I saw.
https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/ukraine
Quoting: michaInterestingly, it seems the upward change solely comes from Ukraine:
https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/ukraine
Hmm estonia also
https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/estonia
but ofc estonia has tiny population compared.
Last edited by Grogan on 11 July 2023 at 6:00 pm UTC
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