Linux OS, with time are emerging as fairly popular Operating System. This might not be the case with desktops though, where Microsoft Windows has already taken a sizeable (and of course unparalleled edge); but this surely is not the era of desktops. The year ahead is the year of smartphones and tablets, a domain where Windows has miserably failed at the hands of Android—Android that is based on Linux Kernel. In the post we will analyze the data and stats from last 3 years and particularly of last year, to see the growth of Linux on desktops, tablets and smart phones; comparing it to Microsoft Windows.
Linux is getting popular that’s certain. And if you do not want to peek into stats then you have a simple metric. Virus and the games! Both of which are increasing for Linux, in turn meaning that more people are turning towards Linux OS. Today we are getting number of machines coming pre-loaded with Linux. Lets investigate further how Linux is getting popular, on the basis of stats. The bad part first.
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