Linux desktop market share tops 10% in North America

This milestone is an exciting headline for open-source advocates, but the abrupt jump highlights the difficulties of tracking OS market share accurately via web traffic. The near-doubling of market share in a single month is almost certainly a correction in tracking methodology rather than sudden mass adoption. The reallocation of "Unknown" user agents implies that Linux's actual market share has likely been higher than reported for some time. Regardless of tracking quirks, independent data points confirm that the Linux desktop is experiencing steady, legitimate growth in North America.