Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 2nd Jul 2008 23:50 UTC
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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2008-03-25
I share your dislike also about gnome-look filling with ubuntu specific stuff. But then, it shows that Ubuntu is building up a strong brand loyalty, stronger than other distributions I've seen (at least on gnome-look).
My feeling from what I see is that Ubuntu's brandname is built on its pretty good hardware support plus a community that feels "safe" while feeling they're using something "open and free". It's a mixed good of the corporate world and open source communities.
I guess, instead of disliking them, may be other projects can learn something from them.
Also, they have different target audiance. People who "really" support open source tend to be those who like to customize stuff and have their own style. While Ubuntu successfully assorbed a lot of non-tech-people who are more likely to be a fanboy compare to tech-people.