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It is finally the year of Linux on the Desktop: free OS reaches 5% market share

It is finally the year of Linux on the Desktop: free OS reaches 5% market share

Rob Beschizza / Boing Boing
Jul 16, 2025
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A screenshot of Asahi Linux running a Windows game

The number of people using Linux on their home computers reached 5% for the first time this year, according to numbers tracked by StatCounter. And that's not including ChromeOS and other tailored cuts. The threshold, marking a certain level of success for free software advocates and users, was so long in…

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