GNU/Linux Market Share

One highly controversial subject is the market share of GNU/Linux on the desktop. Fedora claims over 20 million installations and figures belittling GNU/Linux on the desktop usually turn out to be fundamentally biased (by design), Microsoft-funded, population-leaning, and contradicted by simple facts and observations. This page presents a summary on posts on the subject.

General Articles

 * Can the of Scale of Linux Adoption Ever be Gauged?
 * Freedom and the Fallacy of Market Share
 * Microsoft Accused of Lying About Market Share
 * Microsoft Fans Still Spread Microsoft’s Lies Against GNU/Linux
 * Confirmed: Microsoft Publicly Lies About Market Share of GNU/Linux
 * Microsoft’s Highly Confidential GNU/Linux Share Figures (2003)
 * GNU/Linux Desktop Market Share in the United States Not the Global Share
 * Microsoft is Losing Share in Servers and Desktops, GNU/Linux and FOSS Gain

Net Applications

 * Microsoft-Connected Firm Net Applications Used to Mislead About Vista 10 Share and Mock GNU/Linux
 * Microsoft and Apple Pay Net Applications (Hitslink)
 * Net Applications Has Former Microsoft Employee, Also a Microsoft Investor?
 * Summary: Lies, Damn Lies and Net Applications (Fake ‘Statistics’)
 * Net Applications Finally Shows It’s Just a Joke: Mac ‘Market Share’ Halved Overnight!
 * Three New Articles Question Net Applications’ Integrity
 * Net Applications: the Big Lie, Boosted by IDC|IDG et al
 * GNU/Linux Market Share is Not 1% (Net Applications Interrogated Further)
 * Microsoft-Influenced Net Applications Won’t Share Its Data
 * Is Net Applications One Order of Magnitude Off Target?
 * Quick Mention: The Big Lie About GNU/Linux ‘Market Share’
 * Sources of Endlessly-repeated Lies About GNU/Linux
 * Mozilla Staff Explains That Net Applications Gives Skewed Firefox Measures
 * Net Applications: The Mathematics Failing

Other Areas

 * Microsoft Still Rigging and Gaming Statistics by Taking Over or Registering Dead/Inactive/Parked Domains by the Millions
 * Is Netcraft Promoting Microsoft Just Like Net Applications?
 * Microsoft’s Bing Spams Web Sites with Referrer SPAM and Net Applications Lies Again
 * Why GNU/Linux is Microsoft’s #1 Desktop Threat, Shareholders Are Finally Being Informed
 * GNU/Linux Market Share: Why Gartner and IDC Must be Ignored
 * Windows Mobile Down to Single-Digit Market Share as Linux Grows
 * If Google Renamed, It Would Gain Another 80% Market Share
 * Microsoft Buys Market Share, But Still Loses Due to Technical Problems
 * ‘Microsoft Press’ Spreads Delusions About Microsoft’s Position in the Market

Some Population-Biased Numbers

 * GNU/Linux Desktop ‘Market Share’ According to BoycottNovell.com: Around 35%
 * Off-topic: The ‘Market Share’ Lie
 * Browser and Operating Systems Statistics
 * Microsoft Allegedly Pays $500,000,000 for Verizon to Remove Google
 * Has Microsoft Sent Its Former Employees to Conduct Anti-Google Studies?
 * Microsoft Has Been Rigging Votes/Polls for Ages
 * Why GNU/Linux Has Already Won
 * Commentary: StatCounter ‘Global’ Statistics
 * comScore