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Popularity of Linux Across the World…According to Google

23 August 2008 Misc 176 views No Comment

Ever wondered about the geographical popularity of Linux in a Windows dominated world?

Data (by popular search terms) from Google collated by Royal Pingdom reveals that Linux is more popular in the East and developing countries (probably due to cost?). Surprisingly, the United States isn’t top 5 for any of the 8 distributions researched.

How about Singapore?

Well, according to Google statistics, search terms from Singapore involving Linux have sadly been declining since 2004 (which has also been true for many other countries).

Read more about it from Royal Pingdom.

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