Linux growth in the U.S. x86 server market has, over the past six quarters, started to falter and reverse its positive course relative to Windows Server and the market as a whole.

That’s a pretty substantial lead — and it’s a bigger one than Windows had in the fourth quarter of 2009, when Windows had a 73.9% market share, compared to 21.2% for Linux, and 4.4% for Unix.

As Windows and Linux grabbed market share, all other server operating systems lost. Unix slipped from 17 percent in 1999 to 14 percent in 2000, Kusnetzky said, while Novell NetWare slipped from 19 ...

New data suggests that Linux now has a 4.03% share in the operating system market, marking a new milestone for the developer-friendly software. As ever, it’s StatCounter bringing the data to the ...

In 1999, Linux scooted past Novell's Netware to become the No. 2 server operating system behind Microsoft's Windows NT. Over the next four years, IDC said, Linux shipments will grow at a rate of ...

Hewlett-Packard held onto its first place position in the Linux server market with 27.7 percent revenue market share ahead of IBM, which was second with 19.8 percent share of the open source market.

Server Operating System Market Size, Share & Trends Analysis Report By Operating System (Windows, Linux), By Virtualization (Virtual Machine, Physical), By Deployment, By Region, And Segment ...

While new data from StatCounter, providing data for July 2024, shows that Windows is still the stalwart favourite with 72% market share, Linux was recorded as having reached 4.5% market share.

According to StatCounter, Windows leads the overall market with a 72.1% market share at the end of February 2024, while macOS was used by 15.46% of all computers.

G lobal analytics company StatCounter shows that the Linux market share of desktop operating systems has hit an all-time high of 4.44%, up from 3.12% a year ago, and it was just 2.76% in July 2022.

Linux desktop market share reaches 5.03% in the USA (June 2025) according to StatCounter. Discover why more users are ...

A recent analysis shows dips in Windows, macOS, and ChromeOS while Linux steadily climbs upward. See for yourself in StatCounter’s regular update on desktop market share with numbers for July 2024.