Another fresh month and so we have the latest operating system market share details from Statcounter, and it's another impressive showing for Linux from August 2024.
While the latest Steam Survey showed a dip (mainly due to China), Statcounter gives a much wider overall picture based on data from 1.5 million websites.
Here's how things have looked over the last year:
- July 23 - 3.12%
- August 23 - 3.18%
- September 23 - 3.02%
- October 23 - 2.92%
- November 23 - 3.22%
- December 23 - 3.82%
- January 24 - 3.77%
- February 24 - 4.03%
- March 24 - 4.05%
- April - 3.88%
- May - 3.77%
- June - 4.05%
- July - 4.45%
- August - 4.55%
What it looks like since 2009:
See more on Statcounter.
Always nice to see and hopefully it keeps up. It's just one measure of course, but they do have a pretty good sample size. It's not that surprising though. While Windows does still remain top on desktop, it wasn't going to last forever - especially with Microsoft pushing AI more, along with Linux becoming a really good platform for gaming over the last couple of years.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Vortex_Acherontic Sep 3
Windows share is bloated also so that so many people are -forced- to use it.
Yes. My work PC runs Windows and my work from home PC also needs to run windows because both are administrated by the company and the company dived all in on Microsoft 365 products ...
But to keep the balance I run 12 Linux systems at home.
I wish there's better ways to run these statistics, as I know many people including myself either directly or indirectly use browser agent switchers. On Librewolf (what I use), everyone has a Windows user agent by default.I also use a windows user agent on all my computers and on the computers I installed in my family and friends, and for long (since ~2000) that's why linux is always underestimated on personal computers. Like Steam always asks me a report the ten minute I will be on my dual boot testing if the game that had trouble on my linux is due to OS, while I spend 90% of my (gaming) time on linux.
To get back to the news: As this increase is clearly due to Chineses:
What's happen in China so people are moving into linux that fast? End of windows XP or pirate licences? Some USA's laws on patriotic stuff? Political decision from China's government? Governmental changes in OS making this fast increase in Linux?
Do we know why?
THIS^^
I also would like to add we seem to be missing stats from India.
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