pumeco...

You keep mentioning 20%, but the numbers are far lower than that depending on how you look at it..

I looked back thru the records and Linux usage has never hit 20%, ever......... Not even close, no matter how you look at it......

They are far lower than I previously thought as well. Before you freak out, note usage....

For Linux desktops, http requests are 1.25% and it has dropped every month for over a year.. ...

Desktops make 90 to 95% of all http requests every month. 90-95 % Includes all operating systems, and just 1.25% of those are Linux based.

For mobile, Linux varies around 12% if you include all possible variants that are not MS/Apple/Palm, etc....

Unfortunately some of the ones that the Linux stats include, are not actually Linux at all... That is where the differences come in, on certain statistics...

Include just Linux in the mobile http request equation, currently it is less than 1% ............... 

What does all this mean? It means that a lot of people have Linux based stuff and don't use it. The 20% number is based on shipped units, not usage....

Don't get me wrong, Linux has its place, but bullshit numbers are just bullshit numbers. If you don't use something, how could you count it as using it?

So, if you crunch the mobile numbers, 1 out of 20 people that own a Linux based mobile anything use it on the internet. 19 out of 20 just use it as a phone, since that is what it is...........

Total internet usage for http requests with Linux is about 1%

Picking up your Linux Phone and calling your mother doesn't really make you a Linux user, just a good kid that calls his mom.

When I was younger and called my mom on a land line, did that make me a switchboard user?

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