How popular is Linux?
The Open Source Advocate has compiled some very interesting data about the usage of Linux worldwide over the past several years. While the data is far from scientific, it is still a very interesting read. I would bet Ubuntu grabs the top spot in 2007 for the third year in a row. Make the jump to see the top five most popular Linux distributions since 2002.
2002: Top 5 Distros
1. Mandrake
2. Red Hat
3. Gentoo
4. Debian
5. Sorcerer
6. Suse2003: Top 5 Distros
1. Mandrake
2. Red Hat
3. Knoppix
4. Gentoo
5. Debian2004: Top 5 Distros
1. Mandrake
2. Fedora (was Red Hat)
3. Knoppix
4. Suse
5. Debian2005: Top 5 Distros
1. Ubuntu
2. Mandriva (was Mandrake)
3. Suse
4. Fedora
5. Mepis2006: Top 5 Distros
1. Ubuntu
2. OpenSuse (was Suse)
3. Fedora
4. Mepis
5. Mandriva
The Open Source Advocate also has some very interesting data about Linux from the Google Trends.
Unscientific Linux Popularity Contest - [The Open Source Advocate]
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1 opinion for How popular is Linux?
Arstan
Apr 10, 2007 at 12:17 am
Sometimes I believe that the variety of distributions do make possible Linux users confuse.
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