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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 [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

1980s: Hey guise, computers are now cheap and small enough that you can run an entire system and all your programs on your own machine at home instead of having to dial in to the mainframe!

2010s: No, we're putting it all back on the servers, you get a thin client.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (2 children)

No technical reason btw, just because "fuck you".

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

From a macro economic perspective, (and im not advocating for a conspiracy, just aggregate business interest) they're dropping energy usage so they can pay less on their electricity bills.

So actually a double fu. get less so they can pay less rent, to provide lesser service.

Because rent seeking is the only tech bubble left.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

In theory I guess it provides better security in some ways, but certainly not all over giving you hardware and a VPN. So there's that. But yeah, it sucks.