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GNU/Linux Market Share

One highly controversial subject is the market share of GNU/Linux on the desktop. Fedora claims over 20 million installations and figures belittling GNU/Linux on the desktop usually turn out to be fundamentally biased (by design), Microsoft-funded, population-leaning, and contradicted by simple facts and observations. This page presents a summary on posts on the subject.

General Articles

  • Can the of Scale of Linux Adoption Ever be Gauged?
  • Freedom and the Fallacy of Market Share
  • Microsoft Accused of Lying About Market Share
  • Microsoft Fans Still Spread Microsoft’s Lies Against GNU/Linux
  • Confirmed: Microsoft Publicly Lies About Market Share of GNU/Linux
  • Microsoft’s Highly Confidential GNU/Linux Share Figures (2003)
  • GNU/Linux Desktop Market Share in the United States Not the Global Share
  • Microsoft is Losing Share in Servers and Desktops, GNU/Linux and FOSS Gain
  • Data Point: GNU/Linux Share in Desktops/Laptops Nearly Tripled in the Past Decade, Peaking This Past Month (All-Time High)


  • Net Applications

  • Microsoft and Apple Pay Net Applications (Hitslink)
  • Net Applications Has Former Microsoft Employee, Also a Microsoft Investor?
  • Summary: Lies, Damn Lies and Net Applications (Fake ‘Statistics’)
  • Net Applications Finally Shows It’s Just a Joke: Mac ‘Market Share’ Halved Overnight!
  • Three New Articles Question Net Applications’ Integrity
  • Net Applications: the Big Lie, Boosted by IDC|IDG et al
  • GNU/Linux Market Share is Not 1% (Net Applications Interrogated Further)
  • Microsoft-Influenced Net Applications Won’t Share Its Data
  • Is Net Applications One Order of Magnitude Off Target?
  • Quick Mention: The Big Lie About GNU/Linux ‘Market Share’
  • Sources of Endlessly-repeated Lies About GNU/Linux
  • Mozilla Staff Explains That Net Applications Gives Skewed Firefox Measures
  • Net Applications: The Mathematics Failing
  • Microsoft-Connected Firm Net Applications Used to Mislead About Vista 10 Share and Mock GNU/Linux
  • Net Applications Was Always Hostile Towards GNU/Linux (and Close to Microsoft), So Stop Measuring or Assessing 'Market Share' Based on What It Says
  • As Microsoft Windows Drops to Just 30% Market Share the Microsoft-Connected ‘Net Applications’ Wants You to Think Windows Still Has Over 90% of the Market


  • Other Areas

  • Microsoft Still Rigging and Gaming Statistics by Taking Over or Registering Dead/Inactive/Parked Domains by the Millions
  • Is Netcraft Promoting Microsoft Just Like Net Applications?
  • Microsoft’s Bing Spams Web Sites with Referrer SPAM and Net Applications Lies Again
  • Why GNU/Linux is Microsoft’s #1 Desktop Threat, Shareholders Are Finally Being Informed
  • GNU/Linux Market Share: Why Gartner and IDC Must be Ignored
  • Windows Mobile Down to Single-Digit Market Share as Linux Grows
  • If Google Renamed, It Would Gain Another 80% Market Share
  • Microsoft Buys Market Share, But Still Loses Due to Technical Problems
  • ‘Microsoft Press’ Spreads Delusions About Microsoft’s Position in the Market


  • Some Population-Biased Numbers

  • GNU/Linux Desktop ‘Market Share’ According to BoycottNovell.com: Around 35%
  • Off-topic: The ‘Market Share’ Lie
  • Browser and Operating Systems Statistics
  • Microsoft Allegedly Pays $500,000,000 for Verizon to Remove Google
  • Has Microsoft Sent Its Former Employees to Conduct Anti-Google Studies?
  • Microsoft Has Been Rigging Votes/Polls for Ages
  • Why GNU/Linux Has Already Won
  • Commentary: StatCounter ‘Global’ Statistics
  • comScore