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Windows 11 just lost 5% market share in two months despite Windows 10 losing support. (www.windowscentral.com)
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According to Statcounter, Windows 11 held a 55.18% market share in October 2025. That share dropped to 53.7% in November and dropped again in December. Now, Windows 11 holds a 50.73% market share.

https://gs.statcounter.com/os-version-market-share/windows/desktop/worldwide

Many are rollback to Windows 10, but Linux is increasing as well.

https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide

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[–] FinishingDutch@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago (5 children)

Which distro would you recommend for gaming? I usually hear people like Mint for that.

[–] ilillilillilillililli@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Bazzite has been excellent on my older AM4 desktop with mid range AMD card. Steam came ready to roll and performance was so close to Win 10 LTSC, that I have yet to try a different distro.

[–] markovs_gun@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I can't recommend Bazzite. You can't install new drivers if something doesn't work right out of the box and that is just a complete no go for many people.

[–] IratePirate@feddit.org 1 points 5 hours ago

Yes, Bazzite adds complexity due to its immutable nature.

But then again, if you have driver issues on Linux (which has become reasonably rare these days), they're hard to resolve either way, particularly as a beginner.

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