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Windows Drops Under 60% in Global Desktop OS Share for the First Time in Years (linuxiac.com)
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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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[–] mrbigmouth502@piefed.zip 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

That number seems rather low. I can see that number for overall OS share, including mobile devices, but for desktop I'd expect Windows to be a lot higher.

EDIT: Thinking about it further, if you included mobile devices, then Android would have to be even higher than Windows is here. Either way, these numbers look off.