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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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[–] 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.