Linux is steadily growing in marketshare, and the Linux community awaits the year of the Linux desktop. With growing discontent towards Windows 10, and a rise in Linux marketshare, will this year be the year of the Linux desktop?
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02.0 - Marketshare by operating system
03.0 - Overall Linux usage in the Milky Way Galaxy
Due to Linux not phoning home after installation to increase the number of Linux users (except for Debian/Ubuntu and Google devices, such as Android and ChromeOS) there are only rough estimates of how many devices run Linux, as most often, a computer may come pre-installed with Windows, then have Windows deleted and Linux installed after 1 hour to 15 years (because Linux can bring new life to an old computer, and a lot of people have their final straw with Windows (at least 10000 people switch to Linux every day after frustration with Windows) and install Linux)
Here are some lists of Linux marketshare by the operating system category.
Here are the most common Desktop Linux operating system variants
POSITION 2020 2019
1 MX Linux MX Linux
2 Manjaro Manjaro
3 Linux Mint Linux Mint
4 Ubuntu Debian
5 Debian Ubuntu
6 Elementary OS Elementary OS
7 Solus Solus
8 Zorin OS Fedora
9 Fedora Zorin OS
10 Deepin Deepin
Source: 1. Techmint
Here are the most common Mobile Linux operating system variants
2021
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Android (~70-85%)
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Ubuntu Touch (~0.2-1.4%)
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No data available for 3rd entry
Source: 1. Android (en.wikipedia.org) 2. Ubuntu Touch (ubuntu-touch.io)
Embedded Linux variants are not often named, and data cannot be found for this section. A list of device types will be listed instead.
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3D printer
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2D printer (just a normal printer)
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Gas powered truck
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Electric powered truck
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Calculators
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Airplane control panels
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Nuclear powerplant control panels
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Voting machines
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Gas powered cars
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Electric powered cars
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Cruise ships
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Scanner radios
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Security camera systems
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DVRs (such as TiVo and Roku)
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Refridgerators
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Cleaning robots
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ATM machines
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Dishwashers
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Washing machines & drying machines
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And much more.
Linux is used on the majority of computer servers. Even Microsoft uses Linux over Windows on their servers.
All 500 of the worlds top supercomputers run Linux.
Linux is the main operating system on NASAs rovers.
Overview: Linux was created on earth in 1991, but has spread to other planets (confirmed usage on Mars, as of 2021)
Desktop marketshare: ~4.65-20% including 500/500 of the top 500 supercomputers, most common systems being Debian, Ubuntu, RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) Fedora Linux, Arch Linux, and ChromeOS.
Mobile marketshare: ~75%-85% mostly consisting of Android devices. iOS is not included, as it is based on Darwin (BSD)
Embedded marketshare (cars, trucks, planes, boats, etc.) ~95-98% - If your vehicle or other machine (such as a printer/3D printer) has a computer in it, it most likely runs Linux due to Linux being so lightweight. Linux is so lightweight, people have managed to mod mechanical 1930s typewriters to run it.
Server marketshare: ~96-99%
Note: due to Linux not phoning home after installation to increase the number of Linux users (except for Debian/Ubuntu and Google devices, such as Android and ChromeOS) these are rough estimates of how many devices run Linux, as most often, a computer may come pre-installed with Windows, then have Windows deleted and Linux installed after 1 hour to 15 years (because Linux can bring new life to an old computer, and a lot of people have their final straw with Windows (at least 10000 people switch to Linux every day after frustration with Windows) and install Linux)
Rover marketshare: 100%
Note: On February 18th 2021, the Perseverance Rover (made by NASA) successfully touched down on Mars. It runs Linux, and is now the only Linux device on Mars, and the only computer still running on Mars.
Some other info about Linux.
Linux development is open source and done by contributors all around the world. The value of volunteer work done to Linux is over $5billion (as of 2019)
On GitHub, the Linux Kernel repository mirror is very close to 1 million commits (as of April 13th 2021 at 3:36:34 pm, it is currently at 998,143 commits)
Linux has become much more stable over the years, and the majority of computers can handle it with relatively few driver issues (unless you have an NVidia based GPU)
In the late 90s and early 2000s, Linux had issues with audio devices. These issues have mostly been resolved, but some still remain.
Due to Linux being based on the UNIX philosophy (with its more secure UNIX roots) and Linux being open source, Linux is far more secure and contains far fewer bugs per 300 lines of code compared to Windows (1:10)
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