How popular is Ubuntu Linux? Data tells you

Ubuntu is the most popular desktop Linux. What magic is it that makes 6 million people crazy? In the past six months, Ubuntu has been favored and sought after by the technology community and open source enthusiasts. The blog is full of relevant The articles are driving more and more users.

The following data from various sources (ranking, number of blog posts, technical statistics and Google Trends) may tell you the answer.

DistroWatch.com

1. PCLinuxOS 2. Ubuntu 3. openSUSE 4. Fedora 5. Sabayon 6. Mint 7. Debian 8. Mandriva 9. MEPIS 10. Damn Small

Netcraft Ranking
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1. www.ubuntu.com: 1,649 (www.canonical.com: 88,013) 2. www.debian.org: 1,719 3. fedoraproject.org: 4,314 (www.redhat.com: 1,273) 4. www .OpenSUSE.org: 4,622 (www.novell.com: 630) 5. www.mandriva.com: 7,691 6. www.mepis.org: 8,021 7. www.damnsmalllinux.org: 8,605 8. www.pclinuxos.com 11,144 9. www.sabayonlinux.org: 28,549 10. www.linuxmint.com: 41,331

Alexa Rank

1. www.ubuntu.com: 2,445 (canonical.com: 119,849) 2. www.debian.org: 3,499 3. www.OpenSUSE.org: 7,878 (novell.com: 9,154) 4 Fedoraproject.org: 11,127 (redhat.com: 7,089) 5. www.mandriva.com: 18,497 6. www.damnsmalllinux.org: 49,544 7. www.pclinuxos.com: 57,390 8. www.sabayonlinux.org: 72,331 9 Www.linuxmint.com: 69,753 10. www.mepis.org: 82,654

Number of articles in BlogPulse

Number of articles in Technorati

Ubuntu Debian Fedora

Google Trend Results

DIGG Data

1. Ubuntu: 163 2. Fedora: 10 3. Mandriva: 8 4. SUSE: 8 5. Debian: 6 6. PCLinuxOS: 3 7. MEPIS : 1 8. Sabayon: 1 9. Mint: 0 10. Damn Small: 0