Umbrella8335@lemmy.world to Linux · 3 months agoLinux Crosses 4% Market Share Worldwidelemmy.worldimagemessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1600arrow-down123
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minus-squareEugenialinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down2·3 months agoI think someone had estimated recently that Linux has about 50 mil desktop users. I think that sounds like a lot… I’d personally put that number to about 10 mil tops. I think the higher number we’re seeing these days is related to Steam OS.
minus-squarebanghida@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up23·3 months ago50M desktop users does not sound so high tbh
minus-squarelaurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up11·3 months agoIt sounds like a lot of users It does not sound like a large percentage of users
minus-squareCethin@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoYeah, people are bad with big numbers. 50M sounds huge to us, but there’s 8.1B people in the world right now. 50M is a blip in comparison to that.
I think someone had estimated recently that Linux has about 50 mil desktop users. I think that sounds like a lot… I’d personally put that number to about 10 mil tops. I think the higher number we’re seeing these days is related to Steam OS.
50M desktop users does not sound so high tbh
It sounds like a lot of users
It does not sound like a large percentage of users
Yeah, people are bad with big numbers. 50M sounds huge to us, but there’s 8.1B people in the world right now. 50M is a blip in comparison to that.