Linux has surpassed 5% desktop market share in the US (5.03% in June 2025), per StatCounter, driven by privacy concerns, rising costs of Windows/macOS, and user-friendly distros like Ubuntu. Community celebrates amid gaming and enterprise boosts, though challenges like software gaps persist; analysts eye 7% by 2027.
  • @[email protected]
    138•3 days ago

    Looking forward, analysts predict Linux could hit 7% by 2027 if trends continue, driven by AI integrations in distributions like those from Canonical

    Sure. That must be the reason.

    • arcterusEnglish
      59•3 days ago

      Gotta shove AI into everything to prevent the bubble from collapsing.

    • apotheotic (she/her)English
      5•2 days ago

      People gagging so hard on the AI dick that they try to reason that people going to open source are doing it for AI… What a world

    • djsoren19English
      23•3 days ago

      certainly not like I specifically switched over to avoid having an AI automatically launch on start-up without my permission.

    • UlrichEnglish
      4•2 days ago

      Yeah Windows better hurry up and get some AI integration!