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You must be joking. 4% is kind of huge. We are talking about hundreds of thousands of users
And it's been less than a year since we passed the 3% mark. Linux adoption is accelerating rapidly, and that's only going to increase as its market share continues to grow and more vendors start supporting it.
It's more than that, this is why such a small percent number can be so misleading. There are billions of computers active in the world, even if we limit ourselves to only desktops and laptops, nearly half a billion personal computers are made and sold each year (Lenovo alone sells over 80 million every year). Under 4% we are talking about roughly a hundred million devices running Linux desktop.
We aren't at 4% yet. Linux is currently sitting at about 3.88%. Its not that far till 4%,but it still isn't 4%.
https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide/