The latest data from the traffic monitoring agency Statcounter indicates that as of February 2024,Linux accounts for more than 4% of the global desktop operating system market share
The main figures are as follows:
windows：72.13%
os x：15.46%
unknown：6.11%
linux：4.03%
chrome os：2.26%
freebsd：0.01%
According to Statcounter, Linux's market share has been growing steadily since 2020 and has now reached 403%, when Linux accounted for only 153%。
StatCounter doesn't explain the increase in the market share of Linux desktop operating systems, with some suggesting that one of the biggest reasons for its growth was Windows 11's stringent hardware requirements, which led many users to switch to Linux.
Windows 11 requires TPM 2 to be supported on your PC0, which is not supported by many computers; Users who don't have this hardware can only continue to use Windows 10, which was released in 2015. In addition, the recently released Windows 11 24H2 update has further increased the hardware requirements, resulting in more PCs not being able to upgrade.
Unlike Windows 11, Linux distributions don't impose such strict restrictions on hardware devices. While most major Linux distributions have stopped supporting 32-bit architectures, some can still be found that support 32-bit; And these distros don't have tpm 20 or Secure Boot Requirement.
Also, installing Linux may sound cumbersome to the average user, but in reality, the barrier to entry into Linux has been greatly lowered due to the fact that the installer has improved so much that installing the Linux desktop operating system is now relatively simple.