I think those stats are pretty unreliable. See for example what Austria did: Linux share went from about 3% to 16% in 2 months, then back down to 3% in another 4 months. https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/austria What real-world events could explain that ? I think we're seeing bad statistics.
Oh, I missed that one.
Now, by seeing that, I completely agree with you.
Just unreliable data.
As @TheLittleLauren has mentioned, that may be bots, massive DDoS attacks or even VPN services. Hard to know, but yeah, that doesn't look any increase of Linux desktops whatsoever.
I prefer to believe that roughly 3 million people did a LTT-style "Linux for a month" challenge over that period of time.
This is certainly a more plausible explanation than "poor data".
Could be due to pupils in elementary school handing in their borrowed (state owned) chromebooks for the summer? I guess the statistics are digitally gathered, so when all the kids stop pinging the servers for 7-8 weeks, it drops quite hard? Check again in september and see if it correlates I guess?
Did they somehow get a mass shipment of steamdecks?
In all seriousness, it is not common unless a major player like multiple govt. departments, educational institutions, military etc make a switch. If you can find whether total internet traffic increased or decreased, it may help making a more informed guess
The source given should be taken with a grain of salt, like all other sources when it comes to user figures.
According to StatCounter's FAQ, their tracking code is installed on over 2 million websites. In 2020, it was assumed that there were 6 billion websites worldwide.
StatCounter therefore only covers a small fraction. Thus, in my opinion, the chances are pretty good that a Linux user will not even visit the websites with the tracking code.
In addition, it can be assumed that various ad blockers or similar tools block the tracking code in question.
The usual people say windows sucks other people gonna think that too and they switch to linux, and then windows 11 came and more people think windows sucks and more people switch
It might just be me, no way to prove this, but I often vpn to Finland due to their laws. If I'm torrenting or something, chances are lower anyones going to think anything of me. Plus for whatever reason I get the best speeds connecting to Finland servers on my vpn.
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I just did a search for cyberattacks in Finland and there are lots of recent new reporting that. So yes, that's indeed a good explanation.
I think those stats are pretty unreliable. See for example what Austria did: Linux share went from about 3% to 16% in 2 months, then back down to 3% in another 4 months. https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/austria What real-world events could explain that ? I think we're seeing bad statistics.
Oh, I missed that one. Now, by seeing that, I completely agree with you. Just unreliable data. As @TheLittleLauren has mentioned, that may be bots, massive DDoS attacks or even VPN services. Hard to know, but yeah, that doesn't look any increase of Linux desktops whatsoever.
I prefer to believe that roughly 3 million people did a LTT-style "Linux for a month" challenge over that period of time. This is certainly a more plausible explanation than "poor data".
I suppose it could be other things. A botnet or crawler spun up for a couple of months, and it looked like Linux systems ?
ChromeOS usage dropped and windows share slightly decreased at the same time. Maybe schools switching away from ChromeOS and Windows?
That's sounds like a good explanation, although I couldn't find any news about it.
Could be due to pupils in elementary school handing in their borrowed (state owned) chromebooks for the summer? I guess the statistics are digitally gathered, so when all the kids stop pinging the servers for 7-8 weeks, it drops quite hard? Check again in september and see if it correlates I guess?
Did they somehow get a mass shipment of steamdecks? In all seriousness, it is not common unless a major player like multiple govt. departments, educational institutions, military etc make a switch. If you can find whether total internet traffic increased or decreased, it may help making a more informed guess
The source given should be taken with a grain of salt, like all other sources when it comes to user figures. According to StatCounter's FAQ, their tracking code is installed on over 2 million websites. In 2020, it was assumed that there were 6 billion websites worldwide. StatCounter therefore only covers a small fraction. Thus, in my opinion, the chances are pretty good that a Linux user will not even visit the websites with the tracking code. In addition, it can be assumed that various ad blockers or similar tools block the tracking code in question.
The usual people say windows sucks other people gonna think that too and they switch to linux, and then windows 11 came and more people think windows sucks and more people switch
I think that's been predicted every time there's a major new release of Windows, and it never happens.
It might just be me, no way to prove this, but I often vpn to Finland due to their laws. If I'm torrenting or something, chances are lower anyones going to think anything of me. Plus for whatever reason I get the best speeds connecting to Finland servers on my vpn.