It has more than multiplied its share after December 2015 and has seen a radical rise over the last two months. Since 2015, Windows has mostly stayed about the 90% mark while macOS has fallen from a high of 8% in October 2015 down to 5.94% in August.
MarketShare’s stats include data on Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD, and OpenBSD; it’s assumed that Chrome OS parts into the Linux statistics because it works on the Linux kernel. Suppose that Chrome OS is covered, this would tell why there has been such a push for Linux in the period of August: It’s apparently due to pupils or schools buying Chromebooks in time for the school year.
With views to Windows, MarketShares says that Windows 7 has lost business share since last month, going from 48.91% to 48.43%, and Windows 10 earning slightly, going from 27.63% to 27.99%.
We’ll have to expect and see until next period to find out what’s going on with the Linux demand share stats. Was this month’s 0.84% rise due to a blip or was it due to scholars going back to school with new Chromebooks?
Linux is an exceptional platform that can do anything the competition can even bring new users. But as long as there are those declining to accept a flood of n00bs into the fold, those new users will continue at arm’s length.
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