The Linux Desktop Revolution Is a Lie. AI Bots Are Gaming the Numbers.
Linux’s celebrated 10% desktop market share may be massively inflated by AI bot traffic. Bots running in Linux containers are being counted as Linux users, creating a phantom migration that doesn’t exist. This isn’t just an OS story — it’s a warning that the metrics underpinning our entire digital economy are contaminated by automated traffic we can no longer distinguish from human behavior.