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.
really ought to be illegal to make expensive electronics that can’t be taken apart. waterproofing was a trojan horse!
it was always bullshit. back when they were pushing unopenable phones, we had plenty of examples to point to of repairable waterproof phones.