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Many people view webstats with a jaundiced eye--with good reason. (page)[1][2]
Linux advocate Robert Pogson finds these statistics interesting; while not taking the numbers as gospel, he finds the trends to be fascinating. In recent weeks, he noticed an upward trend in online Linux usage numbers that has continued.[3]
oiaohm,[4] in the 3rd comment,[2] suspects there is a correlation with the revelation of the preinstalled Superfish malware on Lenovo consumer PCs, with owners apparently abandoning their manufacturer-supplied "recovery" mechanisms, defecting from Redmond's easily-exploited OS, and going instead for Linux install media.
So, Soylentils, any other guesses on a cause? Any estimates on how long the current trend will last? Will it then decrease or increase?
- [1] The comment that was referenced was quickly removed by Ziff-Davis from their site, of course.
- [2] Comments on Pogson's blog are numbered top-to-bottom but appear chronologically bottom-to-top.
- [3] Did Internet Exploder ever get .SVG support?
- [4] oiaohm is a very knowledgeable guy but his dyslexia can make his writing difficult to decipher.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 07 2015, @10:27PM
oiaohm,[4] in the 3rd comment,[2] suspects there is a correlation with the revelation of the preinstalled Superfish malware on Lenovo consumer PCs, with owners apparently abandoning their manufacturer-supplied "recovery" mechanisms, defecting from Redmond's easily-exploited OS, and going instead for Linux install media.
This possible uptrend is too soon after StupidFish to be associated to it. Non-techies they wouldn't just jump to a Linux distro right away. Most won't know that Linux would run on the same hardware that they own. How do they transfer their documents? "Does it run Office, and Solitaire, and is there a blue 'E'?"
It's nice to project wishes upon probable statistical anomalies and proclaim "Finally! It's the week of the Linux desktop!" Maybe if every Linux advocate makes the declaration at least once a day it will eventually come true. Or, it may just conjure up Stallmanjuice.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 08 2015, @12:03AM
possible uptrend
You can claim (even without providing evidence) that the trend won't last--that was 1 of the questions posed--or that it isn't broad-based across user types, but to say that it is hypothetical when their count has expanded where it was smaller before is just fanboy denialism from a competing camp.
One might even call it typical of that camp.
-- gewg_
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 08 2015, @02:09AM
You can claim (even without providing evidence) that the trend won't last
Whoa there Sonny! This was moving up, and anything moving up is potentially the first domino on that slippery slope up to the Year of the Linux Desktop! Stand back now. I don't want anyone to get hurt in the stampede. 'Statistics' is one of the Four Horsemen of the Linpocalypse!