[mdlug] Linux Desktops For Sale

[Aaron Kulkis]

Robert Adkins wrote:
>>>   3. Success with initiatives like this could increase the 
>> currently 
>>> agreed upon statistic of 1% market penetration of Linux, 
>> which would 
>>> strengthen the
>> I think that's a number is bogus--incredibly low -- due to 
>> the fact that the vast majority of Linux machines were never 
>> purchased as Linux machines...99.5% of the Linux machines out 
>> there were sold as Windows machines (including in the 
>> business world...shipped with Windows CD/DVDs even though 
>> they were thrown in the trash)
>>
> 
>   Maybe. I think that the number is based upon browser reporting, network
> scanning and self reporting. I think it is far more accurate than a wild
> stab in the dark.

A lot of browsers are set up to misreport the OS (and sometimes
even the browser) because of website code that refuse to
interact with any browser that doesn't report the platform
as Windows or Mac.

And even with that, the browser stat sites are showing
something like 5% Linux usage.