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Blogger and Linux advocate Robert Pogson reports that, according to StatCounter, pageviews from machines running Linux in Bahrain jumped from 2 percent to 16 percent in less than a week.
One wonders just what's going on there.
His other graph shows that for the last 3 years there has been an uptick in worldwide Linux usage each April; that increase sustains[1] for several months then drops to a level that is slightly higher than the numbers of the previous March and begins a gentle climb until April.
[1] He notes an uncharacteristic divot in the curve this May.
We previously discussed significant Linux usage in Finland and Uruguay. Finland: Torvalds' Homeland is using Linux to be Productive
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Big Jump in Bahrain: Linux Now At 16 Percent
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This will be a memorable month -- no matter how hard you try to forget it.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 01 2015, @08:13PM
> Maybe the Wahhabists heard that Linux is more secure, maybe they even know a few tricks that screws up US intelligence.
Bigot makes another unintentionally revealing post. He believes that 12% of computer users in Bahrain are terrorists. And spare me the "i didn't literally say terrorist" bullshit. Singling out wahhabis and spelling out us intellgience makes your intent crystal clear.