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The growth of Linux desktop marketshare, in percent of total, since 2009 (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] rainynight65 6 points 3 months ago (4 children)

You could almost be forgiven for not realising that every point on that Y axis is a mere half percent...

[–] MudMan@fedia.io 16 points 3 months ago (2 children)

All the usual caveats apply. Linux still comes behind "unknown" in Statcounter, whose methodology is... dubious, and the Steam survey has Linux at 2%, flat from the previous checkpoint.

[–] rainynight65 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Also, putting half percent points from 0 to 5 on the y axis, while the x axis is four month intervals since 2009, makes this growth look way more significant that it really is...

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