Desktop Linux breaks 7% marketshare

It's been all over the news, so I can't get around posting about it here: the year of the Linux desktop is finally here. According to the - admittedly, troublesome - figures from StatCounter, the market share of Linux on the desktop has reached 7.23%. Other publications do not count Chrome OS installations as part of the Linux share, but I think that's nonsense - they're both clearly Linux desktop operating systems, and should be added up.

In the end, it doesn't really matter, and I've mostly stopped reporting on market share figures ages ago, as all they do is invite pointless flamewars and vitriol. Linux on the desktop is doing just fine, and received a major boost thanks to Valve's Proton. We all have our desktop platform of choice, and each of those choices is valid.

Still, more than 7% on the desktop and like 90%+ on mobile is not bad for a project developed by a community.