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Linux has over 6% of the desktop market? Yes, you read that right - here's how

SJVN / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET At long last, after years of waiting for the "Year of the Linux desktop," we're getting somewhere. According to the US Federal Government Website and App Analytics, which I trust far more than I do StatCounter, 6% of its visitors over the last month were using Linux operating systems. Downright impressive This website keeps track of US government website visits and analyzes them. On average, there have been 1.6 billion sessions in the last 30 days, with mi

Windows 11 usage is surging? Not so fast - here's the real story

Richard Drury/Getty Images It happens like clockwork, around the first of each month. Sites that focus on technology churn out nearly identical articles, all based on a chart prepared by the good folks at Statcounter Global Stats. Here's the latest chart, covering the 12 months ending June 30, 2025. Every month, tech bloggers try to turn a chart like this one into a story, but most of them miss what's actually happening. Statcounter GS I saw that chart in dozens of posts this month, along wit