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Dominant US-made desktop operating system Windows is falling in use. Libre and kind-of-global Linux is mostly growing, albeit slowly.
(piefed.cdn.blahaj.zone)
cross-posted from: https://piefed.blahaj.zone/c/technology/p/461117/windows-marketshare-since-2010
Windows Marketshare since 2010
for your enjoyment
source https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide/#monthly-200910-202511
I would think the real growing user base are mobile/phone users (aka Google/Android and Apple/IOS). Windows is dropping because for many people a computer is overkill and all they need is their phone... and Microsoft failed to enter that market.
What I would consider good news is if we were to notice a third mobile OS to get a significant share of users.
This graph is about desktop OSs only. So Windows is dropping in proportion to other desktop systems.
I love that for them.