Does it count that I have four computers running Linux because I can't help myself?
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These stats are actually just tracking the number of linux desktops you have
At a few work computers I once changed the user agent to say Firefox and Linux some years ago.
Statcounter considers me a Win user due to the Win user agent I'm using, this is not a rare behavior in the Linux space..
Out of genuine curiosity, what is the reasoning for using the Win user agent?
it also obfuscates fingerprinting
I thought this may be one of the considerations.
Some sites provide a different behaviour depending on the reported OS
I thought this may be a consideration too, but I would expect it to be a minority of websites that would do this, no?
I see you are using ethernet, welcome to Windows %user%!
Chaotic Good Billionaire does a solid for Linux, Windows users devastated
Gabe Marx
A king once summoned a wise man who had done him a great service and said, “Name your reward.” The wise man replied, “Your Majesty, I ask for a simple thing. Give me one percent Linux desktop market share for the first square of the chessboard, two percent for the second square, four percent for the third square, and so on, doubling the amount for each of the 64 squares.” The king, thinking this was a modest request, said, “Surely you jest! Such a small reward for such a great service? Ask for gold, land, or jewels instead.” But the wise man insisted, and the king agreed. The king ordered his treasurer to calculate the total. Starting with 1% for the first square, 2% for the second, 4% for the third, 8% for the fourth… by the time they reached the tenth square, they needed 512% of the desktop market. The treasurer, pale with realization, informed the king that by the 64th square, they would need more market share than could possibly exist in the entire universe of computing devices. The king then understood that what seemed like a humble request was actually impossible to fulfill, and he gained a new respect for the power of exponential growth.
It already goes over 100% market share after only 8 squares. 512% seems like a weird place to stop? How can you have more than 100% market share?
In the original it also supposedly amounts to more grain then there is in the kingdom.
Yeah, I appreciate the reference, it's just that my brain got stuck on the comparison breaking due to using percentage instead of some absolute count.
Wow it was 5% yesterday
They used a different data source for this one and mentioned why they preferred this one over the one from the day before.
So what you're saying is that if we just keep switching to different data sources, we could get above 50% in less than two months!
And even at 50%, Nvidia still won't release Linux drivers.
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at this point linux will have more than 100% market share by next week!!!!!!!!
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Honestly didn't believe the year of the linux desktop would be this year. I say it every year as a meme and it's actually here
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