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GNU/Linux at 4% in Saudi Arabia, Says statCounter

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 09, 2026

So this year in Saudi Arabia Windows is seen as down and Vista 11 is also down. Some years ago Windows fell to a "market share" of just 11% there, as we noted at the time.

As for GNU/Linux, this year it rose to an all-time high. A long time ago I used to chat with Free software activists who were Saudis; they had strong technical skills and wanted to free their country from GAFAM. █

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