The 4% threshold was first surpassed in February. In March, this level was successfully maintained.
According to StatCounter, the share of Linux on desktops has increased by more than 1.2% over the past year. Here are the monthly statistics for Linux's share on desktops:
- January 2023 β 2.91%
- February 2023 β 2.94%
- March 2023 β 2.85%
- April 2023 β 2.83%
- May 2023 β 2.7%
- June 2023 β 3.07%
- July 2023 β 3.12%
- August 2023 β 3.18%
- September 2023 β 3.02%
- October 2023 β 2.92%
- November 2023 β 3.22%
- December 2023 β 3.82%
- January 2024 β 3.77%
- February 2024 β 4.03%
- March 2024 β 4.05%
Windows continues to lead confidently with a share of 72.47%. In second place is macOS with 14.68%, which continues to decline.
It is worth noting that the ChromeOS distribution, which accounts for 2.27% of desktops, is counted in the statistics separately and is not included in the aforementioned results for Linux. In total, ChromeOS + other Linux accounts for 6.32%.
6.52% belongs to the 'Unknown' variant.
Source: linux.org.ru
