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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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[–] dreamkeeper@literature.cafe 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm not seeing much of an increase there for Mac or Linux. I'm not sure how you drew those conclusions from this graph.

[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

This is a zero sum graph, as market share must add to 100%. You may observe that the one large decrease in Windows market share occurs at the same time as three small increases for Mac OS, Linux, and "unknown".

Nothing else increased. The three small increases must be equal to the Windows decrease.