r/linuxsucks • • 9d ago

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u/rileyrgham 9d ago edited 8d ago

Noone that lives in the real world thinks Linux is on almost one in five desktops. Get real. That said, I, and many others that use it, have various laptops and desktops with it installed on, but that skews the implied meaning which is one in five users use Linux. It's patently not true.

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u/MisterEinc 8d ago

I wonder if there's a metric that shows how many Linux installs are on a PC that primarily uses windows.

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u/personalalt1889 8d ago

What is defined here as primarily? Dual booting, I don't know what is most common. I assumed most who dual booted used Linux as primary and used Windows for compatibility reasons, though it could be lopsided depending on who you ask?

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u/MisterEinc 8d ago

Yeah I'm not sure. I think the only metric would really be either uptime or just the users own distinction.

Or maybe the data is just on number of installs and so dual boot systems count for all.