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Linux didn't just eat 10% of Windows market share, AI bots are inflating the numbers (www.windowslatest.com)
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[–] 18 points 3 months ago (6 children)

Overall probably closer to the truth.

I wish people didn't obsess over these large numbers as much. Like when Linux suddenly hit 5% on Steam when that was clearly just an outlier and was destined to fall right back down.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 months ago

    The only interesting thing about the numbers is that eventually, people outside the tech bubble will pick up on it and think about seeing what the fuss is about and if it's a solution for them and then maybe also switching.

    In that sense: I "heard" that the number is 20% actually. Windows is so over. It's true. Pass it on.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago* (3 children)

    How would that clearly be an outlier? Hindsight is 20/20, right?

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Something strange with the March 2026 results was that it had two new distro entries, "0 64 bit" at 17.60% and "64 bit" at 8%. In April, one of those entries disappeared and the other's share dropped significantly. In May, both were gone entirely and Linux was back to a more reasonable marketshare of 4%.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    Honestly it seems like they more or less identified all of the former unidentified users, and it turns out the vast vast majority of which are on unix based systems.

    If this goes right down again, I'd imagine the unidentified users to go up - But would be a decent indication for a lot of traffic being scrapers

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