Meme, from top to bottom: (Wayland appears) This is the death of the Linux desktop! (SystemD appears) This is the death of the Linux desktop! (Gnome makes massive changes) This is the death of the Linux desktop!
Linux desktop in 2025, having died all the time: over 4.5% marketshare (Michael Jackson as zombie in the background).
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[–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

That’s for desktops and laptops combined though, so doesn’t really answer. I’m curious as everywhere I work transitioned to laptops and tablets since COVID.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 year ago

    Oh, translation mistake on my side. Is the word "desktop" really still in use for tower computers? 🤔 I only know it for the kind of computing, not the device type.

    Anyway, can't quickly find proper statistics for that. I once read an estimate done by what I think was Valve, that's obviously scewed towards the gaming bubble though. Still, I think it "only" was about 50-60% desktops over laptops and "other". They won't vanish anytime soon though, you can't squeeze highest performance into a laptop and game streaming only works very selectively.

    I'm really curious how it will shift in the future given Linux becomes more and more popular, and that ecosystem is already offering a synergy approach (not just the way SteamDeck does, but also with both GTK and Qt apps able to shift depending on display size and touch capabilities).

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