Linux usage share breaks 1% on the Client


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Good point, but I couldn't help but noticing, isn't 0.15 + 0.55 = 0.70%?

P.S.

I will be quiet now, my knowledge of Unix history isn't great, only meant it as a joke.

It's 70% of 1, mate. The chart has Linux usage as 1.02.

The iPhone and iTouch don't run Linux so why are we getting into semantics :blink:

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You mean 18 since it was even announced by Linus Torvalds that he wanted to create an OS.

1.02% now

0.68% in May 2008

0.43% in May 2007

That's still miniscule, but a 50% increase in usage year over year for the past several years.

By 2020, it might be 5%! :p

Actually, in 2020 it would be 88.22% if the 50% year over year increases were to hold until then!

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Actually, in 2020 it would be 88.22% if the 50% year over year increases were to hold until then!

And 132.32% in 2021!

PWNAGE!!!111eleven :rofl:

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"outnumber" does not mean "next to nothing".

At least not by definition of the words.

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This is good news.

When open source projects and free software projects become more popular, they tend to experience a snowball effect by which the community grows, which tempts others to join the community, by which the community grows, and so on. Once the snowball begins rolling, it quickly grows. This is what happened with Firefox.

When you consider the recent economic troubles, the relatively quick pace of development for clients, and the rate at which GNU/Linux is growing in popularity, it's not unlikely that GNU/Linux could soon reach its own critical mass and experience the snowball effect.

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hitslink is bs... http://www.w3counter.com/globalstats.php says 2.16%, wish they had more details, they used to have more, don't know where they hide it.

And why is hitslink bull****? One can state the exact same thing about w3counter without providing any further information ;)

One might be biased more to a specific type of website or a certain region. The difference simply shows you can't use their information for absolute market share information. You can however use the info for trend watching.

This wikipedia article shows the trends for different usage share tracking websites. The trend is that Linux is on the rise. The trend is also that Linux is still tiny :p

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And why is hitslink bull****? One can state the exact same thing about w3counter without providing any further information ;)

Agreed.

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You mean 18 since it was even announced by Linus Torvalds that he wanted to create an OS.

1.02% now

0.68% in May 2008

0.43% in May 2007

That's still miniscule, but a 50% increase in usage year over year for the past several years.

By 2020, it might be 5%! :p

Aren't any values under 4% in studies like these typically considered statistically insignificant?

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Aren't any values under 4% in studies like these typically considered statistically insignificant?

No.

Where do you get that idea from?

The numbers have been small, but stable and continually rising.

For a one-time poll, perhaps.

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Speaking of Linux and usage, today I converted my friend's old home PC to a Xubuntu system, it induced it a much needed fresh life into it. Yaaaaay.

Linux's strength is the low end, portable devices, set top boxes, servers, and security apps/appliances. It is firmly entrenched in those markets. If you check the market share of those segments you'll see very different results compared to the desktop.

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actually the push to 1% was done solely because of me - as I installed Xubuntu on 2 computers last week - all of you nix faithfuls can thank me later ;)

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good, hopefully it will become less shittier as that % goes up

It hasn't helped Windows. ;)

(see, I can post drivel, too) :p

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linux has a long way to go before i see it gaining more market share, especially with 7 coming out which i think will also hurt apple. i enjoy playing with linux on occasion but i still don't use it as my primary.

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It hasn't helped Windows. ;)

(see, I can post drivel, too) :p

at least windows is more stable on the same hardware, and faster also. More advantages on Windows over Linux.

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As nice as this may be for Linux fans, Linux will never be a prime time client operating system. When I say never, I literally mean NEVER. (1 year, 5 year, 10 years, 100 years, 1000 years, etc.)

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at least windows is more stable on the same hardware, and faster also. More advantages on Windows over Linux.

mark prefers linux and most of us here prefer windows.....cough.... "7" :whistle:

i still like to play with ubuntu but IMO there has to be serious work done and features added to make it any real competition. maybe linux doesn't want to compete anyways? it is a totally free operating system afterall!

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As nice as this may be for Linux fans, Linux will never be a prime time client operating system. When I say never, I literally mean NEVER. (1 year, 5 year, 10 years, 100 years, 1000 years, etc.)

It was never going to be a prime time operating system at all back in the day. Go figure.

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at least windows is more stable on the same hardware, and faster also. More advantages on Windows over Linux.

Out of all the examples to pick you managed to pick two of Linux's strengths.

As nice as this may be for Linux fans, Linux will never be a prime time client operating system. When I say never, I literally mean NEVER. (1 year, 5 year, 10 years, 100 years, 1000 years, etc.)

Ever head the saying: "Never say never"?

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As nice as this may be for Linux fans, Linux will never be a prime time client operating system. When I say never, I literally mean NEVER. (1 year, 5 year, 10 years, 100 years, 1000 years, etc.)

Its not meant to be a contender against OSX or Windows. It's just there as an option for users who don't want or need Windows or OSX and it does a great job at filling that gap.

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mark prefers linux and most of us here prefer windows.....cough.... "7" :whistle:

i still like to play with ubuntu but IMO there has to be serious work done and features added to make it any real competition. maybe linux doesn't want to compete anyways? it is a totally free operating system afterall!

Personally I prefer Windows and I upgrade to latest and greatest but I think, at least Ubuntu is pretty good to recommend to less tech savvy people. I'd recommended it to a guy at work who had problems with XP* and Ubuntu suited him pretty well for daily home use. Of course I asked him to try Vista as well but he wasn't willing to put the money on it. :p

I don't have much experience with other distros except for a short "what's up" with Fedora 10. Somehow it felt unfinished.

*Apparently his wife is a big spyware magnets, this is sadly a stereotype now.

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