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"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.

1. "with good reason" - http://www.google.com/search?tbs=li:1&q=NetMarketshare.only.counts.commercial.Linux.from.Redhat.and.Suse
2. "(page)" - http://mrpogson.com/2013/08/05/cost-alone-is-sufficent-reason-to-choose-gnulinux-for-your-operating-system/#comment-124528
3. "an upward trend in online Linux usage numbers" - http://mrpogson.com/2015/03/06/a-new-game-its-out-of-this-world/#post-24646
4. "preinstalled Superfish malware" - https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA15-051A#page-title

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