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    3 months ago

    If the amount of windows users decreases and linux stays the same, linux market share increases. Meaning, linux use is not rising, just windows is falling. Slight but important difference.

    5 linux and 5 windows users. 50% market share. If one windows user drops, linux has 56% market share although the amount of users didn’t change.

    But yes, desktop per capita is probably decreasing as well.

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        3 months ago

        Yes. Generation Z rarely uses computers and knows nothing about them, compared to other generations. Many don’t even know what a file hirarchy is because their device doesn’t have a proper file system for users.

        The old users die and no new user is replacing them.