Windows 11 just lost 5% market share in two months despite Windows 10 losing support.

Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨ekZepp@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/windows-11s-growth-has-officially-hit-a-brick-wall-and-users-appear-to-be-fleeing-back-to-windows-10

According to Statcounter, Windows 11 held a 55.18% market share in October 2025. That share dropped to 53.7% in November and dropped again in December. Now, Windows 11 holds a 50.73% market share.

gs.statcounter.com/…/worldwide

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IratePirate@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Did my part. I’ve made it known amongst friends, family and colleagues that

support for 10 is ending

some machines won’t support Win 11 for no apparent technical reason (just to make them obsolete and boost sales of new tech)

I’m willing to set up and support Linux systems for anyone willing to make the switch, thus possibly even prolonging the life of perfectly adequate hardware. (Only constraint: I declined switching people with strong software constraints that will not work or not work well on Linux and make them unhappy in the long run).

There were plenty of requests, including a small business, some absolute power users and even somebody on the other side of the globe. So far, after a transition period, all machines have been chugging along without much issue. Support requests are near zero (and I do keep asking).

This may be my little bubble, anecdotal evidence and all that jazz. But from where I’m standing, this train has left the station, and it ain’t comin’ back.
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- Sasquatch@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  What distro did you pick that is that bulletproof?
  
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  - IratePirate@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I went with Lnux Mint Cinnamon for the most part and Ubuntu GNOME in some instances. Either way, Debian-based systems.
    
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ramenshaman@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I’ve been dual-booting for years. Made a big push to get the software I typically use on Windows to run on Ubuntu. Haven’t touched Windows in about a month and it’s wonderful. Haven’t got gaming nailed down yet, going to try Bazzite on my desktop. Some of my more graphics-intensive games don’t run well on Ubuntu. Pretty sure my desktop is compatible with Windows 11, I’ll upgrade at some point but I still plan to only use it when it’s necessary. Unfortunately it is necessary for me sometimes. I’ll probably start making preparations soon switch to Win 11 and be prepared for that to fuck my Ubuntu partition, so that’s probably when I’ll install Bazzite as well. My old Lenovo tank is already Linux-only.

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- Katana314@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  It’s sad to say while it was the default choice for a while, it seems like a lot of people are avoiding Ubuntu now.
  
  Gaming is awesome on CachyOS; it’s very possible much of the better capabilities there can be installed on Ubuntu, but I don’t know how hard that is. I imagine most games would perform similarly by default.
  
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MinoriMirariRProductions@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Microsoft just wants our wallets lol.

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TomMasz@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Not an issue for me with my old machines that can’t run Windows 11. Bit of a security risk, obviously, but it doesn’t aggravate me every time I use it.

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- dogs0n@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Pretty annoying because (don’t forget) people in europe are still getting security patches for win10 btw. On each security patch they are specifically ticking “NOT US OR ANYWHERE ELSE” but instead “only eu”.
  
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nexguy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
It looks like Linux high in the last 12 months was about 12 months ago. It seems to be holding steady rather than growing. “Other” is growing the fastest.

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uienia@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Switched to CachyOS in December, so I guess I’m part of that statistic.

I was also part of the December Steam Hardware Survey statistic, but that was before I switched. So the December survey has an artificially inflated Windows statistic by at least 1 user.

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k0e3@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
How do I keep using windows 10 safely on my 12 year old PC? Just not connect to the Internet?

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- FreddiesLantern@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  That or go with Linux.
  
  I’ve found that if you install a fresh copy of W10 (vm) and give it internet acces, it’ll install copilot very quickly and it doesn’t ask at all. No choice involved whatsoever.
  
  That’s just a no go for me. Because you already know this thing is going to keep making choices for you and working against you in the process.
  
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  - k0e3@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Oh yeah, I went Linux a year ago and loving it. But sometimes, I just need to use Windows for certain things so I thought I’d ask here. Thanks!
    
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  - one_knight_scripting@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I suggest you check out this: github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil
    
    It is a script to remove a bunch of Microslop… I’m betting on Microsoft re-enabling it unannounced after an update though.
    
    But I’m with you on the Linux bit…
    
    …I use Arch btw…
    
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- mierdabird@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  massgrave.dev/windows_ltsc_links
  
  I stumbled across this site the other day and it’s incredible - all the official windows ISO’s and full activation scripts. Your options are to use his script to activate extended security updates (ESU) for your current windows, possibly modify your windows 10 to the LTSC or IoT LTSC versions, or fresh install either of those LTSC versions. Plain LTSC is expected to receive security updates until 2027, IoT version will receive security updates until 2032.
  
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homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Windows 8, anyone? Anyone? Beuller?

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- floofloof@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Windows 8 was awful. Windows 7 was better. But instead of using a nearly 20 year old version of Windows, we can use modern Linux.
  
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markovs_gun@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I am done with Windows at home. I spent a whole weekend convincing my computer that it was allowed to install windows 11, going into my BIOS and changing settings, having to make a live USB drive with some windows setup tool, navigating numerous outright wrong guides on Windows’ on website, and at the end of it, I was greeted with the worst OS I have ever used in my life. I had thought complaints about Win11 were exaggerated like complaints about Vista back in the day- Vista was bad, but usable. Windows 11 is legitimately awful. Everything runs like shit on it. That day I resolved to switch to Linux for everything I could and started dual booting. Was the Linux install process difficult and complicated? Yes, but compared to what I had to do to get my computer to run Win11 it was a piece of cake.

What’s worse? Thanks to advancements in Wine and Proton, Windows software runs better on Linux now than it did on Windows 11. I have games that ran fine on Windows 10 that run like shit on Win11, and run fine on Linux. Sure, I am a technical person and I am very comfortable with the command line, but legitimately nothing I’ve had to do with Linux has been as frustrating as what I have to do to try to get Windows 11 to do anything right. I thought I’d be dual booting into Windows at least some to run some programs but I legitimately haven’t found anything that doesn’t run fine on Linux. Plus Linux doesn’t spy on my and sell my data, and Linux isn’t owned by a pedophile who hung out with the Epstein gang.

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bitjunkie@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
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UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

despite

Misspelled “Because”

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stupidcasey@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
So I’ve always counted unknown as linux because who else would care / know how to hide their os ao that would put Linux at what %20?

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- iSeth@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  The “Other” category is quite likely the many lesser-known OSes… UNIX, FreeBSD, React, GNU Hurd and TempleOS to name a few.
  
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  - obbeel@lemmy.eco.br ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Well, it’s weird that it gets 16%
    
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  - addie@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    It is certainly true that TempleOS won’t be identifying with one of the common browser user agents when surfing the internet.
    
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  - stupidcasey@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Do we know if the steam deck counts an Linux, unknown or other?
    
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homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Convicted monopoly.

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FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
It’s an article about Microslop, and therefore, a good place to mention that if you’re stuck using Windows for whatever reason, O&O ShutUp will help you turn off its invasive features and delete Copilot.

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Scrunge@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
That seems so strange. Why would that happen so late?

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dancroissant@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
The only thing stopping me from moving from Win10 to a new rig on Linux Mint is ram prices.

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- leftascenter@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Just install Linux on the old rig.
  
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- drcobaltjedi@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Honestly, given that Mint is a Debian distro (before anyone yells at me, its an Ubuntu distro that itself is a Debian distro) it will work better out of the box on less up to date hardware. Debian prioritizes stability so it’s repos and drivers are months to years old. Older hardware will have stable working drivers meanwhile new hardware may have to work with experimental or generic drivers.
  
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Flying_Lynx@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
It should have been very simple. Don’t install that crap. Keep it safe and secure by design, but no. Then after installing, at any time, you should be able to select the “AI” versions of programs and deselect if you don’t want it anymore. Want AI in your Notepad [Check On->Install Notepad.AI]. Want AI in your calculator [Check Off]. Want AI in your File Explorer [Check On–>Explorer.AI]. Want AI in your Email [Check Off]. Want advertisements and “recommendations” [Check on --> Annoyances.AI]. Want to reset every setting after an “update” [Check Off]. Want to upload all your personal folders to the MS servers [Check On–> Cloud.AI, Surveillance.AI, AllYourShitBelongsToUsNow.AI]. Should not be hard… but it is. What a waste.

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- RedGreenBlue@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Can’t give the consumer a choice if you can’t explain why they need it. “Gathering data on you” doesn’t sell well.
  
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KiwiTB@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Perhaps we may finally head back to the 80s when the computer industry last had competition. The fact Commodore has come back was a sign

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