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Windows 10 reaches 70% market share as Windows 11 keeps declining (www.neowin.net)

submitted 5 months ago by lautan@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Statcounter reports that Windows 11 continues to lose its market share for the second month in a row. Windows 10, meanwhile, is gaining more users and is now back above the 70% mark.

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[–] Resol@lemmy.world 21 points 5 months ago (10 children)

Hmm... I wonder why Linux has yet to rise.

I mean, we only have like 17 months until support for Windows 10 ends, it's not like it's that long.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 21 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I'm thinking real hard about making my next system Mint...

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[–] rodneylives@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It has. For the first time, it's risen to over 4% of market share of desktops: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/03/linux-continues-growing-market-share-reaches-4-of-desktops/

Of course this doesn't count Android or Chromebooks, both of which run Linux on some level.

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[–] IzzyScissor@lemmy.world 21 points 5 months ago

You mean consumers DON'T want ads in every aspect of their OS?

[–] LostWanderer@lemmynsfw.com 19 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Microsoft's own incompetence has made Windows 11 a failure. The system requirements really made it a flop (possibly an intentional part of their plan to boost hardware sales but create a ton of e-waste as a result). I'm running Windows 11 as my PC meets the specs, it's not a bad OS persay as it works for my day to day needs. However, if I didn't game on PC I would probably switch completely to Linux. I stay on Windows as it is for the time being convenient to do so. If the next version of Windows has a dire increase in regards to specifications...I would likely go back to Ubuntu!

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[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 18 points 5 months ago (2 children)

The only reason I still even use Windows is because of destiny 2. That's pretty much the only game I play. If there was a good stable way of doing this on Linux I wouldn't even use Windows at all.

In fact the only computer in my house that even has windows on it is my gaming rig.

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[–] normalexit@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago

I would much rather pay for windows than become the product with ads, AI, and analytics.

Luckily this is coming at a time where I can run nearly everything on Linux that I previously needed Windows for (with the exception of a handful of games in my steam library)

[–] MakePorkGreatAgain@lemmy.basedcount.com 16 points 5 months ago (18 children)

win11 is hot trash. seems like every other windows release is a skip. did Ballmer enshrine that or was it Gates?

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[–] spacemanspiffy@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I don't know what to make of these sort of stats anymore. Just this morning I read something saying more people adopted Win 11 in the past month than use Linux.

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[–] sramder@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

I’m really loving this journey for them 🥰

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