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sanitation@lemmy.today to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

Linux didn't just eat 10% of Windows market share, AI bots are inflating the numbers

www.windowslatest.com

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Linux didn't just eat 10% of Windows market share, AI bots are inflating the numbers

www.windowslatest.com

sanitation@lemmy.today to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago
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No, Linux desktop market share has not crossed 10% in North America, and Windows is not suddenly losing millions of users. 2026 is not the year of Linux, for those who care. If anything, it’s the year the internet died, because the entire spike appears to be driven by AI bots. Almost every month, we […]
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    Kinda assumed that. Who really thinks Linux usage DOUBLED worldwide in a month?

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      Wonder if Europe’s “digital sovereignty” is having an impact.

      I’ve seen a significant increase in the numbers of “I’ve finally switched!” posts to Linux groups. No clue how much that moves the needle though.

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      There are a lot of Linux fanboys (especially on Lemmy) that are huffing some serious copium and think it’s a sign that Linux is taking over the desktop landscape at an alarming rate.

      The spike was too much of an abnormality to come across as organic.

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        I misread “fanboys” as “femboys” and I was so confused lol

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          I mean there’s a non-zero overlap in this case.

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            True :3

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