LinuxInsider Talkback

Re: Report: Linux Gains Ground, Windows Stumbles
Posted by: Katherine Noyes 2010-01-26 05:38:05

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Linux inched ahead in the operating-system arena during the final month of 2009, even as Windows and Mac gave up some ground. That's according to research firm Net Applications, which recently released its Market Share report covering operating systems in December. Linux accounted for 1.02 percent of the market in December, up from an even 1 percent the month before, Net Applications reported. Windows fell from 92.52 percent in November to 92.21 percent in December, while Mac fell from 5.12 percent to 5.11 percent during the same time.

Multi platform users
Posted by: dibee37 2010-01-27 00:21:52 In reply to: Katherine Noyes

I wonder how these things are measured. If it's just on what is sold with a machine then it's going to give a very skewed view of what's actually being used out there in UserLand. I use six operating systems on a daily/weekly basis: 2 Mac, 3 Linux, 1 Windows. Only three of those systems are ones that actually came with the computers.

I'd be more interested in the stats of what people are actually using, not so much what they buy with their machine.