The section about stability vs “bleeding edge” gives me the strong impression that the author doesn’t really know what they’re talking about and only parroting something they heard someone else say.
Current Linux market share worldwide for desktops is at ~4%. There's also ~2% ChromeOS which is Linux based so I don't know why it's listed separately. As well as ~6% other which is probably Linux with privacy settings turned on.
If we go back 5 years in Linux desktop usage, the high end is including the "Other" category.
2019: ~2% to ~9%
2020: ~2.5% to ~5%
2021: ~3.5% to ~11.5%
2022: ~4.5% to ~10.5%
2023: ~6.5% to ~10%
2024: ~6% to ~12%
There is definitely a growing trend, the user base has grown somewhere between 33% and 300% depending on whether you include the "Other" category, which I personally think is a pretty safe assumption since for most PC users if it's not Windows or Os X, it's Linux.
It was for me. Been using Windows for 20 years, installed Aurora after all the MS craziness this year and haven't looked back.
In my case it's turned out to be a whole lot better - my laptop runs cooler, battery last about twice as long, and I no longer have any issues with going to sleep when I close the lid.