CodingExperiments.com posted an interesting article by utilizing the Google Trends system to show the trends in the Linux ecosystem. While these trends don't mean "market share", they are interesting and pretty accurate in terms of what average users care about. According to it, "Ubuntu" might even overtake the word "linux" in Google's searches.
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No, the other distros do 6 month releases too. And if you see carefully, there are spikes when there are releases, and when there are not, ubuntu is still high. The truth is, is the most successful distro with individuals, and that reflects there.
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No, the other distros do 6 month releases too. And if you see carefully, there are spikes when there are releases, and when there are not, ubuntu is still high. The truth is, is the most successful distro with individuals, and that reflects there.