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wirmzom t1_iwzthp5 wrote

For PC and smartphone usage only I assume. If server were included, Linux would have a much bigger part.

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Disastrous-Focus1958 OP t1_ix1fyiy wrote

Linux is obviously the king of servers. The graph looks at desktop users.

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st4n13l t1_ix1i5gl wrote

>The graph looks at desktop users.

iOS and Android aren't desktop OSes

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Disastrous-Focus1958 OP t1_ix1lfeq wrote

People use tablets and ARM laptops to do desktop work. Office is for Android and iOS, so they are included there.

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ShopObjective t1_ix64nai wrote

It doesn't paint the whole picture but you could've used Steam stats to gather better desktop data.

96.5% Windows
2.23% Mac
1.28% Linux

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Disastrous-Focus1958 OP t1_ix64zt4 wrote

Thanks for the suggestion, however Steam only collects information from people who use the platform. Not all desktops are used to play games or have programs associated with their launcher.

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st4n13l t1_ix3byoq wrote

Even if that were your logic for including them, there's no indication that you excluded smartphones from those totals.

Furthermore, that logic would imply we should include servers in the totals as well but you have said those are excluded because this only looks at desktops. At least be consistent in your logic.

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Brewe t1_ix13l4p wrote

There aren't billions of servers, but there are billions of PCs and mobiles.

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noslenkwah t1_ix1umov wrote

It depends how you want to count servers. Per physical device? Per VM? Per container? Etc...

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UsandoFXOS t1_ixx82dr wrote

Statcounter are focused on web traffic stats... so the most likely thing is that those analytics are considering "only" devices used by people visiting webpages.

So, maybe the title of this chart should mention that... something like "OS of devices used to view web pages".

If this is correct, then it probably there are more users using mobile devices than the counted in this analysis, because a lot of people use the smartphone never to visit web pages, but they only use apps (Facebook, YouTube,. blah blah...). 😁

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Own-Cupcake7586 t1_iwzu35e wrote

Desktop OS usage, surely. Supercomputers and servers are dominated by Linux.

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Disastrous-Focus1958 OP t1_ix1gji6 wrote

Thanks for the annotation, I forgot to clarify that the measurement is purely for desktop use.

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HOnions t1_ix3a32m wrote

Even if you add them, the graph wouldn’t change much. The number of server is ridiculously small in the grand scheme of things.

What could change it is all the lot devices and all of the « smart things »

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Disastrous-Focus1958 OP t1_iwzsr1c wrote

I am a computer science student, interested in data science. This is the first visualization I make and share ;)

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Brewe t1_ix13zq7 wrote

A few very minor questions:

Why did you choose that order?

What constitutes an instance of an operating system usage? Are Raspberry PIs counted? what about servers? consoles? smart fridges?

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Disastrous-Focus1958 OP t1_ix1gfgh wrote

>Why did you choose that order?

There is no particular order, it was random.

>What constitutes an instance of an operating system usage? Are Raspberry
PIs counted? what about servers? consoles? smart fridges?

It is constituted by the daily use of the system on the desktop.Devices such as consoles, servers, and other IoT, do not count since most of them are composed of Linux and BSD. (They also do not fit in the desktop category).

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[deleted] t1_iwzt7tw wrote

Even though MacOS is quite small its still larger than I expected. I would have assumed few people outside the US would be using Macs.

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st4n13l t1_iwztcgu wrote

Would be interesting to see this broken out by type of device i.e. smartphone vs PC. Especially since you've broken out macOS and iOS but not done the same for Linux and Windows which both have mobile OS platforms.

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Disastrous-Focus1958 OP t1_ix1gn34 wrote

Windows Phone and Ubuntu Touch are dead... 😅

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st4n13l t1_ix1hrum wrote

Development may be dead but the OSes are still in use. I assume you're saying the numbers aren't included in the Windows/Linux numbers?

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eric5014 t1_ix1fr1x wrote

I suspect this is not counting the total number of devices (how would you do that?) but counting internet traffic. When you visit a website their server can see what browser and OS you have, so websites can track the proportions of these over time.

The term "market share" is probably not a good one in this case, because that usually refers to what people are paying for. Part of the appeal of Linux (inc Android) is that it's free.

I'm on Linux, so I guess I'm in the 1%, though I have Windows as well. Oh, and three Linux servers and two Android devices.

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Disastrous-Focus1958 OP t1_ix1h3o5 wrote

I agree that the term "market" is not quite correct if we become somewhat fundamentalist, however it is a term that attempts to clarify user preference among the different options offered.
Consoles, servers, IoT, and so on don't count. These devices are mostly composed of BSD and Linux, and the chart only focuses on desktop users.

P.S: I am also part of the 1% of Linux ;)

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eric5014 t1_ix1lxpw wrote

"Browser users" or "browser traffic" is what it's counting I think.

Another one of their graphs shows this as 40% desktop, 58% mobile, 2% tablet.

This fits with Android and iOS adding up to around 60% and the desktop OSs around 40%.

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Westcork1916 t1_ix2hjc2 wrote

I would love to see this same data for Servers alone. But servers don't browse the internet, so their presence is never captured. I would expect to see Linux with at least 50 to 60% market share. (Ubuntu user)

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DonManuel t1_iwzwfms wrote

Company desktops are Windows and the private people prefer mobile devices.

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