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Windows 10 reaches 70% market share as Windows 11 keeps declining (www.neowin.net)
submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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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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[–] [email protected] 129 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I switched my four home computers to Linux Mint this week. Windows is just more trouble than it's worth nowadays.

[–] Rooki 48 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Same, its just like everywhere enshitification of companies who try to get more profitable by spying,advertising and many anti consumer practices. Linux just stays good. and / or if you dont like your distribution just swap to another, its easy :D

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Hell you can even just change desktop environments to shake things up as well.

[–] LucidNightmare 4 points 8 months ago

When I finally learned how do install a different desktop environment, and still use Debian, I was set. KDE!!! KDE!!! KDE!!!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Just so we're clear, the data in the headline refers to the share of Windows editions among Windows users. By their count Windows actually went up slightly in the overall Desktop OS share last month, while Linux remains basically flat at 4%.

[–] mriormro 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

But I keep hearing everyone here saying this year is totally the year of the Linux desktop.

[–] JJROKCZ 1 points 7 months ago

I mean, it is higher than a decade ago at least. I think most people are expecting some Linux growth when Microsoft finally axes 10 and millions of machine with no TPM have to move to Linux or face a life of no security updates

[–] pressanykeynow 1 points 7 months ago

Windows is just more trouble than it's worth nowadays.

To be fair that's exactly how Microsoft management feels. For half a decade now Microsoft is a company that sells Linux and opensource judging by their yearly reports, other departments either don't grow nearly as fast or are just straight detrimental. So they do want you to dump that shit, preferably gaining some cash before it happens naturally.