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Big Jump in Bahrain: Linux Now At 16 Percent

Accepted submission by gewg_ at 2015-05-30 23:22:14
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from the reason-unknown dept.

Blogger and Linux advocate Robert Pogson reports that, according to StatCounter, pageviews from machines running Linux in Bahrain [mrpogson.com] 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 [mrpogson.com] 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 [soylentnews.org]

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