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Linux just cracked 10% desktop usage in North America, but no one's sure why (www.techspot.com)
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[โ€“] Zak@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

The default user agent string for the browser that comes with the Steam Deck appears to identify it as Linux, so anybody counting that way without explicitly separating it would count it as Linux.

[โ€“] Samsy@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 hour ago

Because SteamOS is just another arch based Linux distro.