IBM says Linux is "everywhere"

[woodsmoke]

This is a very, very, good overview of "what Linux is", and where it is. Surprisingly it is in 32% of netbooks. It has a breakdown of the different hardware platforms and what Linux is doing on them.

There is the "usual suspect" article in the left column of the Kubuntu front page that asks "why Linux can't seel on the desktop" from Slashdot.

This article doesn't answer that question but does give good information on where Linux is and why.

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/li...sal/index.html

woodsmoke

[vw72]

Of interest from the article, percentage of devices running linux:
1.5% desktops
32% netbooks
60% server
25% new mainframe installations
90% supercomputers
25% smartphones
40% tablets

Even the low 1.5% for desktop use is not that bad. Forester research estimates that there are well over 1.5B desktops/laptops in use in the world, so 1.5% = 22.5M linux desktops/laptops.

[woodsmoke]

wv72

THANKYEW!!!!

I had not thought of it that way...22 million desktops ...WOAH!!!

thank you!

woodsmoke

[Snowhog]

Makes us members of the "1.5%" ers.

[woodsmoke]

lol

woodsmoke