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Linux back at 4.04% on the Desktop. Windows went below 73% (gs.statcounter.com)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by Magnolia_@lemmy.ca to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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It peaked at 4.05% in March. The last 2 months it went just below 4% as the Unknown category increased. For June the reverse happened, so 4.04% seems to be the real current share of Linux on Desktop as desktop clients were read properly/werent spoofed.

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[–] Madiator2011@lm.madiator.cloud 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Where do they get data from?

[–] Tixanou@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago (6 children)

They get the data from user-agent strings, so it may not be 100% accurate

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[–] DieserTypMatthias@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago (4 children)

From cookies.

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[–] anticurrent@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

Statcounter numbers are to be taker with boulders of salt. you can look at many metrics and especially when you filter by country. you will see a lot of erratic unexplained changes. jumping down and then a few months lather up by sometimes up to double digits.

[–] tisktisk@monero.town 2 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Question: Why is BSD so low? (And why/what is unknown?)

[–] istanbullu@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago

There really isn't a compelling argument for BSD other than interest and hobby. It doesn't have the industrial use case Linux has.

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