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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, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 08 2015, @04:48AM
Everybody is fooling themselves if they think that Linux is some how much more secure than Windows. Social Engineering is the same....all it takes is one bad click and your toast.
But your toast is not the same as my toast, or anyone else's toast. Perhaps you should read Dr. Suess's Butter Battle Book. Or learn the difference between "your" and "you are" contracted into "you're". For a better and more literate Soylent News, we rely on you, and yours.
(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Sunday March 08 2015, @07:30PM
That should be "nor", not "or".
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