2007 Desktop Linux Survey results revealed
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| Still, this year's survey produced 38,500 votes versus 14,535 votes over the
| same number of days in a similar survey one year ago.
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| [...]
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| The leading Linux distribution is the Ubuntu family -- 30 percent of our
| survey respondents are using Ubuntu or one of its sister distributions:
| Kubuntu, Xubuntu, and Edubuntu.
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http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS8454912761.html
Last year Mark Shuttleworth said that 12 million people (or IPs) used Ubuntu,
so extrapolate from the above. It's looking good. And that's *just* the
desktop.
Related:
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| "Linux is the default operating [system] on desktops and servers at major
| animation and visual effects studios, with maybe 98 percent [or more]
| penetration," CinePaint Project Manager Robin Rowe told LinuxInsider.
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http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/57300.html
How many Linux desktop users are there?
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| So it is that Cherry asks that, "If desktop Linux market data is important to
| you or your company, please become involved in the statix project and in the
| deployment of this tool on every distro. I realize that market data can be a
| double-edged sword, so distro vendors should get those issues on the table
| early."
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http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS5155657721.html
Hard to track Linux stats
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| "The characteristic of open source software is that it is freely available on
| the network. People are encouraged to download it, use it as many times as
| they want, modify it to fit their needs, of course, depending upon the open
| source license."
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http://www.echannelline.com/usa/story.cfm?item=22305
Smolt profiles distro hardware use
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| For instance, according to the publicly available stats, 78% of respondents
| were running Pentium IIIs or equivalents, and 20% x86_64. The dominant
| language used was US English at 67%, with Japanese a distant second at 6.1%.
| 34% were running systems with less than half a gigabyte of RAM, 37% were
| using half to a gigabyte, and 24% over two gigabytes.
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http://www.linux.com/feature/118322
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