Linux's market share in North America has breached 10% for the first time, says StatCounter
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{ "epilogue": "Initial reports indicated that Linux desktop market share surpassed 10 percent in North America for the first time according to StatCounter. Subsequent coverage revealed that the numbers may have been inflated by AI bots rather than actual user adoption.
Following these conflicting reports, the story quieted without a definitive conclusion in the coverage." }
Epilogue added 21d ago, after coverage quieted.
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