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iPads surfing the web outnumber Linux machines

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iPads surfing the web outnumber Linux machines

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Pingdom has pointed out some interesting stats culled from browser data. It appears that there are now more iPads surfing the web than Linux-based machines.

The chart above features stats from Statcounter and are based on visitor statistics averaged from over 3 million websites. As you can see the top operating systems in the US for the first 19 days of April are Windows with 82 percent of the market, Mac OS X with 14.9 percent of the market, then iOS with 1.18 percent of the market, followed by Linux with 0.71 percent of the market.

What's interesting about these stats is that the iOS market share only includes iPads according to Statcounter. iPhones, iPod touches, and other smartphones were left out. It was only just last year that all iOS-based devices claimed 1.13 percent of all browsing platforms compared to just 0.85% for Linux. Now just one iOS device has achieved the same thing.

iPads surfing the web outnumber Linux machines originally appeared on TUAW on Thu, 21 Apr 2011 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.




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I am part of that <1% at the moment. My wife is using the MBP and I am stuck using the Acer netbook running Ubuntu.
 
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The fact that Linux systems (for the most part) aren't sold at a consumer level base (inside brick and mortar stores) probably plays a big part in this. I personally haven't ever seen Ubuntu or any variant of it running on a computer. Ever.
 
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I personally haven't ever seen Ubuntu or any variant of it running on a computer. Ever.
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Really? I guess you don't get around much... There are Linux user's groups and various small organizations throughout the US. All are die-hard Linux users and usually very savvy.

Come to Fort Worth sometime and we'll arrange to let you see Ubuntu running on a Toshiba notebook, Dell, and even an IBM Thinkpad. ;D

Some folks buy cheap netbooks and blow Windows away to install Ubuntu or another variation of Linux.
 
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Poor linux. It's a pretty good operating system, its just not very popular, therefore isn't compatible with a lot of things. I like the customizing aspect of the OS though.
 
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Come to Fort Worth sometime and we'll arrange to let you see Ubuntu running on a Toshiba notebook, Dell, and even an IBM Thinkpad. ;D

Some folks buy cheap netbooks and blow Windows away to install Ubuntu or another variation of Linux.
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That is what I have done with my older Thinkpad and my Acer netbook. Works a lot better than Vista say on the same hardware and even XP in most cases.
 
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chscag said:
Really? I guess you don't get around much... There are Linux user's groups and various small organizations throughout the US. All are die-hard Linux users and usually very savvy.

Come to Fort Worth sometime and we'll arrange to let you see Ubuntu running on a Toshiba notebook, Dell, and even an IBM Thinkpad. ;D

Some folks buy cheap netbooks and blow Windows away to install Ubuntu or another variation of Linux.
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Haha looking forward to it man. is it possible to download the OS in the form of an ISO or something and load it on my Mac? I have Parallel Desktop and I have XP/7/Chrome OS all loaded on there. I'd love to give Ubuntu a try :)
 
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Young Spade said:
The fact that Linux systems (for the most part) aren't sold at a consumer level base (inside brick and mortar stores) probably plays a big part in this. I personally haven't ever seen Ubuntu or any variant of it running on a computer. Ever.
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When netbooks first hit the scene, many of them were running a variation of Linux, so the OS certainly saw some retail sales. Then Microsoft lowered its licensing fee for Windows and in combination with the netbook optimizations in Windows 7, Linux got thrown by the wayside.
 
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Oh ok, thanks for clearing that up; didn't know that. The last computer I got before my current mac was my Asus netbook from Christmas of 08 I think, either 08 or 09. I've used windows for a long time on different machines of varying specs and I can honestly say I'm never leaving OS X.
 

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