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11.37%. Now we're talking. (www.zdnet.com)

submitted 2 months ago by cm0002 to c/linux@programming.dev

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In StatCounter's latest US numbers, which cover through October, Linux shows up as only 3.49%. But if you look closer, "unknown" accounts for 4.21%. Allow me to make an educated guess here: I suspect those unknown desktops are actually running Linux. What else could it be? FreeBSD? Unix? OS/2? Unlikely.

In addition, ChromeOS comes in at 3.67%, which strikes me as much too low. Leaving that aside, ChromeOS is a Linux variant. It just uses the Chrome web browser for its interface rather than KDE Plasma, Cinnamon, or another Linux desktop environment. Put all these together, and you get a Linux desktop market share of 11.37%. Now we're talking.

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[–] thatsTheCatch@lemmy.nz 29 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I wouldn't count ChromeOS as Linux. That's like counting all Android phones as Linux or something

[–] Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 7 points 2 months ago

Yea ChromeOS really doesn't count