Yesterday we repeated it in MuyLinux: Linux usage continues to grow and is at an all-time high. The news includes the share of Linux on the PC, that is, the various desktop Linux distributions that populate the market, not everything that Linux covers as core operating systems, a point that still comes up for us from time to time, although given that the context, in which the information is given should not be necessary.

Be that as it may, Linux competes in this field with Windows, macOS, ChromeOS and some other residual alternatives. And if, Windows is still the king of the show with 72.08%, according to data offered by StatCounter for the month of July 2024. MacOS follows with a significant 14.92%; the “unknown” operating system, which occupies 7.14% and which always gives rise to specializations due to the large amount of its presence, since it has no other reference; and Linux, which has recently reached its most spectacular peak.

Characteristic, Linux has a 4.45% market share, a number that may seem like a small amount to you, but which translates into many millions of computers. How much is unclear, as there is no way to accurately calculate it; but many I repeat: we are only talking about desktops, not mobile phones, tablets, wearables, etc. In fact, Linux is not the last on the table: behind it is ChromeOS with 1.41% AND there is still a place for FreeBSD, which is with 0, 01% barely visible.

Of course, there must be some Linux in that unknown operating system, but it’s also impossible to determine how much, given the measurement methodology StatCounter uses (virtually the same as other data analysis firms: the web browser’s user agent, an element that many users choose to hide to improve your privacy). The point is that the growth of Linux is a fact because apart from specific ups and downs, the trend continues.

Linux currently has a similar percentage of usage as macOS did about fifteen years ago, around the time of Snow Leopard. The comparison can be really disgusting, but we have to look at it with perspective: neither those who develop the Linux desktop (companies, but also the community) are not Apple, and the path was not the same. Now, if macOS managed to double its presence in the last decade, Linux quadrupled it: The 1% was left far behind in timeas well as stories that you have to be an expert to use Linux.

Don’t look down on the penguin for all that. What’s more, I encourage you to jump into the pool with Linux Mint, one of the most PC-friendly Linux distributions and an unbeatable example of why Linux is increasing its market share. Yes, you can continue to use Chrome, but Microsoft Edge is an excellent alternative, as well as Firefox, Brave or Vivaldi… Sorry, I meant macOS, Linux or ChromeOS.

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