Royal Pingdom has posted some interesting stats about Linux popularity across the globe, based on Google Insights for Search. From the post:
Some interesting observations
* Ubuntu is most popular in Italy and Cuba.
* OpenSUSE is most popular in Russia and the Czech Republic.
* Red Hat is most popular in Bangladesh and Nepal.
* Debian is most popular in Cuba.
* Cuba is in the top five (interest-wise) of three of the eight distributions in this survey.
* Indonesia is in the top five of four of the distributions.
* Russia and the Czech Republic are in the top five of five of the distributions.
* The United States is not in the top five of any of the distributions.
As an example, here’s the chart for here’s the chart for “Linux popularity in the United States”:
View the full post for more information.
–jeremy
I finally broke down and ordered a mobile broadband card. I travel enough that I’ve been considering one for a while. The final catalyst for me making the jump is that Sprint has a EVDO USB product that officially supports Linux – the Sprint Franklin U680. The USB device comes with all drivers (Linux, OS X and Windows) stored on the device itself. Simply plug it into your laptop, copy the Linux_Ubuntu folder to your machine, run a command or two (depending on the Linux variant you are running)… and it actually works. Exactly as advertised, the first time I tried. I have to admit I’d purchase quite a few more products if they’d simply support Linux like this. If course if AT&T supported tethering on my phone I wouldn’t need a separate mobile broadband card, but that’s an entirely different post altogether.
–jeremy
If you’re in the San Francisco area or are planning on attending the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo, be sure to stop by the LQ booth in the .org pavilion. The event is being held at the Moscone Center and runs August 5-7. See you in San Fran.
–jeremy
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