Desktop Operating System Market Share Worldwide | Statcounter Global Stats
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  • Troy@lemmy.ca
    3·
    8 months ago

    When I was part of the KDE marketing working group, we always talked about 5% being the magic number. If we hit that, then the avalanche of ported and supported third party software starts. It’s a weird chicken and egg thing. Looks like we’re close!

  • JCreazy@midwest.socialEnglish
    2·
    8 months ago

    My journey to Linux pretty much started with the reddit thing. I moved to Lemmy and started slowly eliminating corporations out of my life.

  • ChewTiger@lemmy.world
    1·
    8 months ago

    I switched my gaming PC to Linux two months ago and I’m loving it. I’ve only had to boot my Windows drive twice.

  • indigomirage@lemmy.ca
    21·
    8 months ago

    This is very good. The higher those numbers go, the more pressure there will be for better official support for both HW and SW.

    FOSS is fantastic. But lack of options (FOSS or paid) for a few of my use cases keeps me stapled to Windows and WSL. Unfortunately. I’m hoping the momentum shifts.

  • Clbull@lemmy.world
    1·
    8 months ago

    3.82% is actually pretty damn good. And if Windows 12 pushes us into a subscription model I can see that gap rising.

    Also, if/when DirectX gets native Linux support, or DXVK/VKD3D matches the API in performance, that’ll be it.

    Personally I’m thanking Valve for this.

  • Pasta Dental@sh.itjust.works
    1·
    8 months ago

    Wowzer, ok, that’s seriously impressive though, like in 2022 I feel we were stuck at 2-2.5% and in 2023 we passed 3% for the first time and now we’re at almost 4??? That’s like DOUBLING the market share in a year

  • Jelloeater@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    8 months ago

    I mean, it’s no secret that the SteamDeck is a huge reason why. Praise Gaben, may we game on every platform equally.