I don't think Linux has 1% market share.

[RichardLinx]

I would actually be surprised if Linux had a 1% desktop market share.

I wouldn't.


source: http://marketshare.hitslink.com/oper...e.aspx?qprid=8

Those figures are from October 2009.

[fatality_uk]

So your 'gut feeling' is that Linux doesn't have at least a 1% share. Where as the resarch companies use sales data, internet traffic analysis and projection modelling to arrive at a figure.

Me, im going with them!

[Useless Urchin]

I work for a website and our traffic consistently shows 1-1.5 percent Linux users (though I suspect a lot of those might be our webmasters when they work from home We have 1.2 million pageviews on average daily. Also, our browser stats are consistent with general browser stats that are in circulation and show that various versions of FF beat various versions of IE put together, nice and easy.

[madnessjack]

I would actually be surprised if Linux had a 1% desktop market share.

Me too. I can think of litterally hundreds of people I know that use Windows, and literally two that use Ubuntu AND Windows.

[arnab_das]

maybe 5 years down the line, with proper investment, marketing and development in the technical arena, linux (aka ubuntu since clearly its the most popular linux distro) can surely grow to magnanimous proportions.

[koshatnik]

A) no one knows and B) know when will ever know.

End of discussion.

[xuCGC002]

I want to say no, but I don't think Microsoft is buying out whatever source you have.

[cguy]

I do not care.
Ubuntu trumps any Windows version on my computers and that's all I care about.

These world supremacy threads are getting annoying and are useless.

[arnab_das]

I do not care.
Ubuntu trumps any Windows version on my computers and that's all I care about.

These world supremacy threads are getting annoying and are useless.

i am totally in love with ur signature

[undecim]

I would have to say that it has more than 1% (and it's growing every day!)

Even if it did only have 1% though, it has the best 1% any community could ask for. Every Linux user I've ever had the pleasure of meeting or chatting has been intelligent, friendly, and helpful. Sure, there are a few zealots, but even those are nicer to talk to than most Windows or Mac users.

I've also noticed that the more experienced Linux power users fit this description better. Linux users seem know a lot more than others, so maybe there is a connection between those qualities.