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.
Been using Linux for more than 20 years, and I’ve heard “this is the year” Linux breaks thru during everyone of them. After a few years, you learn you don’t really care; Linux works and that’s good enough.