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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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Big Jump in Bahrain: Linux Now At 16 Percent
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(Score: 4, Interesting) by LoRdTAW on Monday June 01 2015, @03:45PM
Bahrain experienced unrest during the Arab Spring which is still ongoing. There were mass protests which lead to clashes with security resulting in many civilian and security casualties. Thousands were arrested and some of those arrested were tortured. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahraini_uprising_of_2011 [wikipedia.org]
Perhaps there is an uptake in Linux usage in order to circumvent government surveillance.