# What was 2025 "A good year for..."?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 28, 2025, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-2025-a-good-year-for/1026119 "2025-12-28T13:57:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-2025-a-good-year-for/1026119/25 "2026-01-02T09:27:04Z")

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Happy new year folks.

I think I’ve got something in the spirit of the OP:

**2025 was a good year for Linux adoption.**

The activity in [this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seriously-considering-the-switch-from-windows-to-linux/1025650/193) thread is an indication. Another is many influential streamers endorsing Linux for gaming (here’s [PewDiePie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVI_smLgTY0)). Linux now makes 3.2 % of all players on Steam (up from 1 % in 2021).

Among general home users in the US, Linux has reached 5 % adoption in the summer ([link](https://ostechnix.com/linux-reaches-5-desktop-market-share-in-usa/)).

Still some way to go, but I find this encouraging.

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