cm0002@infosec.pub to Linux@programming.dev · 1 month ago

Linux desktop use spikes to over 10% in North America for the first time. There is also a corresponding drop in Windows and OSX use.

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Linux desktop use spikes to over 10% in North America for the first time. There is also a corresponding drop in Windows and OSX use.

cm0002@infosec.pub to Linux@programming.dev · 1 month ago

https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/north-america/#monthly-200901-202607

https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=north-america&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP

Cloudflare stats also seem to support peaks of 15% usage but around 9-10% on average.

The trendline suggests this is just the start.

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AFAIK they get their data through crowd-sourced browser header data. And I really doubt any significant number of people are manipulating that.
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  https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/user-agent-switcher-for-c/djflhoibgkdhkhhcedjiklpkjnoahfmg has over a million users on Chrome alone. It’s possibly more common than you think.

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