Linux Desktop Market Share is Up as Much as 61 Percent, Study Finds | Linux Today

Linux Desktop Market Share is Up as Much as 61 Percent, Study Finds

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Matt Asay
Apr 3, 2008

“It’s possible that the Linux desktop will never be anything
more than a fad among geeky enthusiasts. If so, a growing swell of
people appear to be much more faddish of late, as numbers from
W3Counter.com appear to indicate.

“Looking at the data, Linux clearly has a ways to go. But
consider just how far it has come…”

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