@Umbrella8335@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.ml • 4 months agoLinux Crosses 4% Market Share Worldwidelemmy.worldimagemessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1588
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minus-squareEugenialinkfedilinkEnglish10•4 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-square@laurelravenlink11•4 months agoIt sounds like a lot of users It does not sound like a large percentage of users
minus-squareCethinlinkfedilinkEnglish4•4 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.