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StatCounter’s June 2026 report shows Linux at one of its strongest recent positions, while Windows falls to 56.55%.

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[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 38 points 1 day ago (4 children)

What Microsoft does not seem to understand is that you don’t even have to make a GOOD product, you just have to make it better than eating broken glass.

[–] ApeNo1@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago

“better than eating broken glass”

Oh, you mean better than Windows Vista Aero.

[–] leavemealone@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

You say that but did you know that our new bowl of broken glass now come with the new groovy lemon© * topping?

*** : the "groovy lemon" topping is not to be legally considered as lemon and may induce in some people nausea, headaches, cramps or digesting issues, the final user waive any legal rights or reclamation while using our products.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think Microsoft understands that and thats why their product is in the state it is.

[–] cytro@mastodon.de -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Microsoft desktop share is sure but its still the default and they dont care about non business uses

[–] cytro@mastodon.de 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

@Fizz
Even they switch. Look at France, Germany, Europe.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ok its still dominated by windows. I'm hoping the trend of switching to linux continues but I'm still realistic about the situation. Which is that windows is not losing a huge marketshare. They are still comfortably in the lead and growing in the areas they actually care about.

[–] vanillama@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That, plus in the past there have been places in Europe switching to Linux and then switching back. It seems like many learned from that experience and they are following better plans to switch software over time (rather than replacing everything at once), but we'll see

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 day ago

I'm hoping euOS can come out with a full desktop, MDM and idp stack and give businesses an easy way into the enterprise linux environment.

[–] laurelraven@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

I'm not sure they've even cleared that bar, to be honest