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Linux on the Desktop: Interesting Webstats Lately

posted by janrinok on Saturday March 07 2015, @10:16PM   Printer-friendly
from the marketshare dept.

"gewg_" writes:

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.
 
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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 08 2015, @01:37AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 08 2015, @01:37AM (#154298)

    Did Internet Exploder ever get .SVG support?

    You are pure troll baiting there. It would have taken you about 3 seconds of googling to see if it were true or not.

    You are using baiting questions to foster 'we vs they' 'debate'. It is nothing more than trying to create a fight. Someone called you out on it.

    Your other 'questions' are basically of the same ilk but slanted towards what you want people to think.

    Let me demonstrate how it works "Can gewg_ tell the difference between fostering debate and pushing his agenda?" See how I phrased my opinion in the form of a question that is backed up by what you have done? The media 'news outlets' use this form of 'debate' to good effect for not fostering debate. But to make fun of their perceived opponent. I keep saying this but it is getting harder and harder to say gewg_, you are better than that.

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