The Linux Desktop has doubled its market share in two years from 1,74% in September 2014 to 3.37% in August 2017.
The main increase has come in the last month where the market share was just 2.53 %
These market shares are hardly astronomical but compared to Windows the development is encouraging.
Windows 7 is loosing market shares and Windows 10 is growing at a snail's pace.
Compared to Mac; Linux is doing well too.
Mac has dipped from 8 % share in 2015-16 to 6 % in 2017.
So Mac and Linux are surprisingly close in the desktop market.
Given the money spent on marketing - it is a miracle that Linux is so close to Mac.
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Linux Desktop doubles market share
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Linux Desktop doubles market share
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Re: Linux Desktop doubles market share
I say Win 10 are perhaps half Upgrade/Update from 7. It happened without user's consent. As far new... PC/Laptops are not selling well. People are using more Phones and Tablets.
Anyway... good news for Open Source
Anyway... good news for Open Source