05.19.23

Canadian Desktops and Laptops: Windows 61.7%, GNU/Linux 5.5%

Posted in America, GNU/Linux, Microsoft, Windows at 7:04 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Desktop Operating System Market Share Canada: GNU/Linux rose to over 5.5%, including ChromeOS

Summary: This month’s numbers show another shark drop for Windows; GNU/Linux + ChromeOS (based on Gentoo) rose to over 5.5% in Canada, where many schools ditched Windows

05.17.23

“LINUX” or “UNIX” Sites That Promote Windows Products? Follow the Money…

Posted in GNU/Linux, Microsoft, Windows at 8:31 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

CNX SoftwareSummary: CNX Software is still shilling a bunch of Microsoft and Windows products sometimes; it’s because of money

THE tragic story of Phoronix aside, yesterday we noticed this article from an author who said: “GEEKOM sent us a sample of the AS 6 mini PC with [...] the pre-installed Windows 11″ (not the first time).

“Due to greed, GNU/Linux sites and their audiences are exposed to promotion of the competition.”We gave more examples of this (about four articles in the past) regarding the same site.

A day later they did it again. Promoting Windows products for gifts (“review” units)?

This saddening trend is hurtful. Due to greed, GNU/Linux sites and their audiences are exposed to promotion of the competition. I exchanged some E-mail with the editor of the above site earlier this month. To be fair, it was a lot worse last year [1, 2]. But the problem remains largely unsolved.

Phoronix is even worse, but an issue for another day…

05.12.23

Ukraine: Windows Down, GNU/Linux Up (and the Machine Guns Run Steam Deck, With KDE Apparently)

Posted in GNU/Linux, Microsoft, Windows at 9:16 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Operating System Market Share Worldwide

Summary: According to these latest numbers, Windows is down to 27% and GNU/Linux is up by a lot (maybe owing to some data anomalies, but still interesting)

Ukraine's Army Has Found a Novel Use for the Steam Deck

Steam Deck in the Ukraine War: How it controls guns remotely

Ukraine's Military Is Using the Steam Deck in an Interesting Way

Ukraine's army is experimenting with using Steam Decks to remote-control gun turrets

05.05.23

Windows Down Below 55% in Laptops/Desktops Operating Systems’ Market Share Worldwide, Says StatCounter

Posted in Microsoft, Windows at 3:08 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Operating System Market Share Worldwide

Summary: StatCounter, which Microsoft fancies citing in particular contexts, shows “Unknown” replacing Windows this month and last month; aside from being a sign of unreliability, it serves to show misclassification (“Unknown” can mean just about anything; it’s not Windows)

05.03.23

Microsoft Windows in BRICS Laptops/Desktops: Monopoly Bricked?

Posted in Africa, America, Asia, Microsoft, Windows at 12:04 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

(Not even counting Android; Microsoft Windows is only on a quarter of Internet-connected computers by such measures)

Windows market share in Brazil: (laptops/desktops only, not counting mobile)

Windows market share in Brazil

Windows market share in Russia: (laptops/desktops only, not counting mobile)

Windows market share in Russia

Windows market share in India: (laptops/desktops only, not counting mobile)

Windows market share in India

Windows market share in China: (laptops/desktops only, not counting mobile)

Windows market share in China

Windows market share in South Africa: (laptops/desktops only, not counting mobile)

Windows market share in South Africa

Summary: An “Unknown” OS (not Windows) is taking market share away from Windows; whatever is going on with these statistics, it seems clear Microsoft isn’t coping with a fast-changing world, hence so many layoffs (far more than 10,000 — the “official” number that media loves parroting without investigating; Microsoft is 42 billion dollars in debt and the debt grew more than tenfold since 2010)

“Microsoft, the world’s most valuable company, declared a profit of $4.5 billion in 1998; when the cost of options awarded that year, plus the change in the value of outstanding options, is deducted, the firm made a loss of $18 billion, according to Smithers.”

The Economist, 1999

04.30.23

In Sudan, Microsoft Windows Fell Below 10% Market Share This Month

Posted in Africa, GNU/Linux, Microsoft, Windows at 7:16 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

As of the last day of April (today):

Operating System Market Share Sudan: Windows below 10 percent

Summary: Sudan is suffering a vicious war at the moment; this does not make it too tasteless to take a glimpse at operating system trends there (in 2009 Windows had over 99% market share there; now it’s 9%)

04.22.23

In Taiwan, Windows Shedding Off Share, GNU/Linux Gaining

Posted in Asia, GNU/Linux, Microsoft, Windows at 8:36 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Since COVID-19 broke out in China:

GNU/Linux 1% in 2019, about 4% by now
National security will improve if or when Windows is eliminated altogether. Months ago GNU/Linux rose above 4%.

Summary: The rate at which GNU/Linux is adopted in Taiwan is noteworthy; if those statistics are reliable enough, then from around 1% of desktops/laptops in 2019 GNU/Linux rose to about 4% by now

04.21.23

Desktops and Laptops in India: 10% for GNU/Linux

Posted in Asia, GNU/Linux, Microsoft, Windows at 7:53 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Windows in a freefall, more so if one counts mobile

Desktop Operating System Market Share in India - April 2023

Summary: “Desktop Operating System Market Share in India – April 2023,” as shown above, is a positive sign for GNU/Linux in the world’s most populous nation

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