Linux desktops now sit above the 10% threshold on North American consumer PCs, according to a recent Hacker News discussion that aggregated data from NetMarketShare, StatCounter and Lansweeper. The thread highlighted …

The Lansweeper data also split the market: 1.9% of business PCs run Linux, up from 1.6% in January 2025, and new devices introduced after March 1 2025 show a 2.5% Linux rate.[^1][^3] These numbers are not speculative;…

One driver is the rise of AI development. Linux has become the default OS for machine‑learning frameworks like TensorFlow, PyTorch and the new OpenAI open‑weight models. Developers spin up Ubuntu or Fedora VMs to trai…

Another factor is corporate policy. Companies are tired of paying Microsoft licensing fees for Windows on devices that never run Microsoft‑specific software. Ubuntu Pro’s Active Directory client lets IT departments ma…