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Big Jump in Bahrain: Linux Now At 16 Percent

posted by martyb on Monday June 01 2015, @03:23AM   Printer-friendly
from the reason-unknown dept.

"gewg_" writes:

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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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 01 2015, @06:43AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 01 2015, @06:43AM (#190580)

    Yeah. The Middle East is one zone that Windows should remain. Or maybe that's what systemd is aiming to resolve.