Linux has surpassed 5% desktop market share in the US (5.03% in June 2025), per StatCounter, driven by privacy concerns, rising costs of Windows/macOS, and user-friendly distros like Ubuntu. Community celebrates amid gaming and enterprise boosts, though challenges like software gaps persist; analysts eye 7% by 2027.
Absolutely. When people can actually buy a device with Linux installed, they love it. See Steam Decks.
HP dev one kinda flopped
But they really went out of their way to make it a “separate special thing only for developers”. They didn’t even sell it on hp.com
Yeah, that’s kind of a running theme with pre-installed Linux. You can’t just go to the store and buy one, it’s always some weird sale they hide in a closet.