• Nollij@sopuli.xyz
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    8 months ago

    240 million PCs were shipped last year, with about 10% being Apple. A negligible number run Linux. If we assume 5 years average life, that’s still easily a billion active Windows devices.

    That said, devices may not be the best metric. You mentioned users, which may use many devices. For instance, I use a Windows laptop at work, Windows desktop at home, Android on my phone.

    I would use web server metrics, which are an approximate indicator of time spent on each OS.

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      8 months ago

      I believe the yearly tally from some company aggregating website traffic came out a few months back and linux had climbed over 4% of desktop usage. Linux gamers have outnumbered mac users on steam for close to a year now.

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      8 months ago

      As I said, I took issue with the plural in billionS :) that typically implies “more than two” when it’s likely to be closer to 1.

      For instance, I use a Windows laptop at work, Windows desktop at home

      poor you :)