Linux now has a bigger desktop marketshare than firefox. I never would have imagined history would turn out like this. Firefox had the easy job and desktop Linux had the hard one.

This will lead to a virtuous circle for Linux unless someone does something; privacy issues are leading people to the OSes where you get to freely choose your level of privacy. Anybody have any more weird old unix patents to throw at them and slow it down?

edit: maybe the way to stop Linux is heat up the war against all general purpose computing. Linux could be used to run unauthorized AI.

I came to say this as well. The market share of Linux in the US is 5.03%, while the same for Firefox is 4.23%! [1]

It's not an apples to apples comparison. But the userbase is largely the same, and it's easier to switch a browser than it's to switch an OS. So it does have a significance.

[1] https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/all/united-s...

> Linux now has a bigger desktop marketshare than firefox.

This means many Linux users install an alternative browser, not to use Firefox. That's funny, but so true.