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Windows 11 just lost 5% market share in two months despite Windows 10 losing support. (www.windowscentral.com)
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According to Statcounter, Windows 11 held a 55.18% market share in October 2025. That share dropped to 53.7% in November and dropped again in December. Now, Windows 11 holds a 50.73% market share.

https://gs.statcounter.com/os-version-market-share/windows/desktop/worldwide

Many are rollback to Windows 10, but Linux is increasing as well.

https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide

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[–] TomMasz@piefed.social 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Not an issue for me with my old machines that can't run Windows 11. Bit of a security risk, obviously, but it doesn't aggravate me every time I use it.

[–] dogs0n@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

Pretty annoying because (don't forget) people in europe are still getting security patches for win10 btw. On each security patch they are specifically ticking "NOT US OR ANYWHERE ELSE" but instead "only eu".

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 6 points 2 days ago

They're approaching the trust thermocline, where the pain of leaving is smaller than the pain of staying.

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago (6 children)

How do I keep using windows 10 safely on my 12 year old PC? Just not connect to the Internet?

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Windows 8, anyone? Anyone? Beuller?

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[–] nexguy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It looks like Linux high in the last 12 months was about 12 months ago. It seems to be holding steady rather than growing. "Unknown" is growing the fastest.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

It's an article about Microslop, and therefore, a good place to mention that if you're stuck using Windows for whatever reason, O&O ShutUp will help you turn off its invasive features and delete Copilot.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Convicted monopoly.

[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

So I've always counted unknown as linux because who else would care / know how to hide their os ao that would put Linux at what %20?

[–] iSeth@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

The "Other" category is quite likely the many lesser-known OSes...

UNIX, FreeBSD, React, GNU Hurd and TempleOS to name a few..

I wonder how many fall into "Unknown"

[–] addie@feddit.uk 1 points 2 days ago

It is certainly true that TempleOS won't be identifying with one of the common browser user agents when surfing the internet.

[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Do we know if the steam deck counts an Linux, unknown or other?

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[–] dancroissant@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The only thing stopping me from moving from Win10 to a new rig on Linux Mint is ram prices.

[–] drcobaltjedi@programming.dev 3 points 2 days ago

Honestly, given that Mint is a Debian distro (before anyone yells at me, its an Ubuntu distro that itself is a Debian distro) it will work better out of the box on less up to date hardware. Debian prioritizes stability so it's repos and drivers are months to years old. Older hardware will have stable working drivers meanwhile new hardware may have to work with experimental or generic drivers.

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[–] KiwiTB@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Perhaps we may finally head back to the 80s when the computer industry last had competition. The fact Commodore has come back was a sign

[–] Flying_Lynx@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It should have been very simple. Don't install that crap. Keep it safe and secure by design, but no. Then after installing, at any time, you should be able to select the "AI" versions of programs and deselect if you don't want it anymore. Want AI in your Notepad [Check On->Install Notepad.AI]. Want AI in your calculator [Check Off]. Want AI in your File Explorer [Check On-->Explorer.AI]. Want AI in your Email [Check Off]. Want advertisements and "recommendations" [Check on --> Annoyances.AI]. Want to reset every setting after an "update" [Check Off]. Want to upload all your personal folders to the MS servers [Check On--> Cloud.AI, Surveillance.AI, AllYourShitBelongsToUsNow.AI]. Should not be hard.... but it is. What a waste.

[–] RedGreenBlue@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago

Can't give the consumer a choice if you can't explain why they need it. "Gathering data on you" doesn't sell well.

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