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Interesting Usage Statistics for Desktop Linux in Malta

posted by cmn32480 on Thursday April 16 2015, @03:29AM   Printer-friendly
from the does-homework-suck-less-with-Linux? dept.

"gewg_" writes:

According to StatCounter, in September 2014, Linux usage in Malta was 1 percent. By October, usage was over 4 percent. There was a peak after Christmas and current numbers are around 5 percent.

Blogger and Linux advocate Robert Pogson has charted the numbers. He says:

Malta is one of those places where the small size allows one to see significant migrations to GNU/Linux desktop in their full glory. Notice the ascendance of GNU/Linux in the same week that school started that year. The peak usage was on Thursday, 2015-Jan-8 at 6.83% a day or two after the Christmas break ended. Even use on weekends showed dramatic growth.

 
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  • (Score: 2) by mendax on Thursday April 16 2015, @05:23AM

    by mendax (2840) on Thursday April 16 2015, @05:23AM (#171395)

    Excellent news, even if the reason for the increase in installations is not yet known. If the cause for the spike is indeed the requirement that Linux be installed on student computers, this is even more good news. In all religious wars, whether it be YHWH, Allah, Spaghetti Monster or Windows, MacOS, Linux, it's important to get them while they're young.

    I've recently installed Ubuntu Linux on my 2008 MacBook so I can have Java 8 to use (the laptop will only support up to Snow Leopard which will only support Java 6). After changing the desktop manager to Gnome, I've come to thoroughly enjoy working with it. It's got some strange quirks but it works well enough. It works so well for me that I'm seriously considering dumping Snow Leopard in its entirety.

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