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[–] ClassyHatter@sopuli.xyz 140 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (4 children)

In Finland, Linux market share has jumped from 4% to 24% within the last 6 months.

https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/finland

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 64 points 6 days ago (4 children)

That must be a mistake. Are there any Finish people on Lemmy? I'd like to know if they are observing this on the ground, because honestly, if every 4th person had Linux there it would be somewhat visible. Even non-techies in the family or friend circle would mention it or ask about switching to it, or there would be a popular store to buy stuff with linux pre-installed.

Anti Commercial-AI license

[–] Lazycog@sopuli.xyz 50 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I'm obviously limited to my own bubble, but my friends / aquintances consist mostly of "tech aware" people and they have been getting cozy with Fedora and Linux Mint due to the BuyFromEU/BuyFromEurope movement.

I know from a few schools that they use ChromeBooks since corona pandemic (they were handing them to kids so everyone could equally attend remotely) and they just kept using them since they had them when they returned to classrooms. I don't know how widespread this is and don't know if chromebooks count towards linux desktop stats?

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

There seems to be some debate on whether we are counting Chromebooks as Linux.

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 23 points 6 days ago (2 children)

the debate basically comes down to "technically linux" (ie, it runs on the linux kernal like chrome os and android) and "spiritually linux" (ie, you, the end user, are the ultimate owner of the hardware and the software that runs on it). i think if we're talking the latter chromeos belongs less than windows does. however for a stat collector this may be an impossible ask

[–] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago

for a stat collector this may be an impossible ask

I would put ChromeOS in it's own category just because it is so different than the other Linux variants, just as MacOS is so different than the rest.

Windows, Linux, MacOS, ChromeOS

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[–] unskilled5117@feddit.org 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Chromeos is counted seperatly with ~1,25%

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[–] Jontique@lemmy.world 22 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Another finn chiming in, linux user for about 1.5 years. Another friend of mine started dual booting recently. Wouldn't say it's common to use Linux at all.

[–] Pringles@sopuli.xyz 18 points 6 days ago

Sopuli.xyz is run from Finland, so probably yes.

[–] MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago

Yeah that stat is almost certainly a measurement artifact - these browser-based surveys only track user-agent strings which can be spoofed, and some Finnish university or government network probably changed their default config or started running a massive scraper project lol.

[–] unskilled5117@feddit.org 22 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

That seems highly unlikely to me. Could a reason be website scrapers for AI using different user agents to prevent being blocked? The recent reports of different projects plagued by scrapers fit the timeline

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[–] Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Wow, that’s crazy. Any particular reason for that?

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[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 5 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Wow! What caused that? Orange man?

[–] ClassyHatter@sopuli.xyz 15 points 6 days ago

I have no idea, but it does match the Orange timeline.

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[–] henfredemars 61 points 6 days ago

Linux has finally surpassed the "Unknown" category in the USA!

Got a chuckle out of me! Excellent work.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 43 points 6 days ago (11 children)

One in every 20 computers. Not too shabby.

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 23 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Look at the computer to your left. Now look at the computer to your right. Now look at the computers in 18 other directions. ONE OF THOSE COMPUTERS IS A LINUX.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 days ago

Looooooonix

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[–] msprout@lemmy.world 20 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Tux having fingers kinda creeps me out.

[–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] riquisimo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 6 days ago

This is what slop looks like, yes.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 points 6 days ago

merican gif

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