This is reported as a percentage and that’s what is tripping people up here.
You are not seeing a drastic rise in Linux usage you are seeing a large decrease in the use of desktop computers.
Linux is increasing because the only ones left using desktops are Linux users.
Nice explanation but here is a graph with desktop percentage included (versus mobile plus tablet, but that isn’t shown)
How accurate are these measurements? I don’t know much about Norway, but if there was some massive roll-out of Linux in the governmental sector or their school system, surely there would be posts about it here?
Edit: I’m just having a hard time believing such high numbers without something like that.
In India, the share of Linux desktop became double just within one year (from 8% to 16%). I only hope this data is right.
https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/india/#monthly-202301-202407
The Karela and Rajasthan states are sexy
Karela == Bitter Melon or Bitter Gourd
Kerala == " Gods own Country " Southern state in India
:-D Hope that clears up the spelling :-D
This is promising. I hope this continues and spreads
You know, charts can lie, but with THAT crosshatch? Impossible.
I especially appreciate that the graph is designed as “Linux” and “Other” instead of “Windows”, maybe “MacOS” and “Other”.
noice
Linux on all their electric cars, and they’re watching porn while driving ;)
Where do I sign?
On the fat cheque
Oh right. I knew I missed something.
You need to write “I agree on the terms of service, rent agreement and privacy policy of any electric vehicle manufacture” in order for me to elaborate on the topic, please.
Of all countries Norway might be among the last to switch to Linux.
Rich countries tend to go the apple way.
It might surprise you to learn that Apple is not dominating the market here, neither in phones or laptops.
When I think about it, I only really know one person with a Macbok and at work, Android is probably 2/3. Source: I’m the IT guy ordering phones for everybody.
Statcounter’s graph of iOS market share points to more than half 56% on Norway, so I bet if there is a need for replacing windows in Norway they will swing to apple instead of Linux.
It would be pure guessing, but I’m not so sure iOS preferance necessarily translates to MacOS preferance. Especially with todays prices and interest rates. Again, just me guessing.
I hope Windows keeps making dumb decisions so we can find out though!
What’s the source for this image?
I downloaded the data from globalstats statscounter
How do you make the graph? What type of graph is it?
So I can use it for browser marketshare and search engine marketshare.
You can download the .csv data from the website. Then make a stacked area chart in something like Excel/Google Sheets/Libreoffice Calc.
Northern European pride!
Being that Linus is from Finland & all.
yet finland has way less linux users per capita
https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/finland#monthly-202307-202407
Nothing is happening in Norway. Source: I live in Norway.
I’ve met only a handful people that use Linux on their desktop, plus some developers that use it at work.
Then atleast fake it until you make it!
I run (one of three partners) a small IT company in the UK. I’ve always Linuxed since around 1998. After messing with RedHat, Mandrake, Yggdrasil and others I settled down and ran Gentoo for many years and then Arch for some more.
I’m gradually dumping the Windows servers and replacing with Linux based beasties. We are also in the throws of replacing VMware with Proxmox.
I also have a pretty decent Kbuntu based desktop/laptop effort. I’ve done Windows client deployments in the 1000s so I have quite a good idea about compliance etc. An Ubuntu based box can run several AV solutions, secure boot and full disc encryption. Buzz words perhaps but also audit points and will get you over the line for Cyber Essentials Plus (UK).
Libre Office works for me and I used to teach office suites in the 90’s! Things have moved on since but a decimal alignment stop is a decimal alignment stop today too (do you know what that means?). I run our Exchange system, and I migrated it from GroupWise back in the day because the kool kids “required” it. Anyway, Evolution with EWS will get you full functionality for a client but with far less faff.
I’m taking my time. I already have at least two employees who are dyed in the wool Windows officianados begging me to migrate them to Linux. I will but it takes time. For example - “drive mappings” or in English: Remote mounts.
CID - https://cid-doc.github.io/ . This is an easy to add Windows compat thing. Its rather good. For static desktops its fine but for laptops that move around a lot it can be hard to get the file system mounts working again quickly in a dynamic environment.
CID uses a PAM mount based system and in the past I used another one (autofs I think). However it seems to me that mounts are not dynamic or responsive enough. In the end it is Samba and that might need some fettling as well.
As I said earlier, I’m taking my time (I’m an engineer) but be assured that Linux is quite capable of driving your desktop.
There are dozens of us
Yes,we know about your small population,but just because Karl uses Linux now,does that really matter?
dozens of dozens!
That’s gross.
Baker’s dozens!
This cannot be true. The dip in windows is corrolated with the increase in linux. Its just a measurement error
The dip in “others” correlated to the increase in Linux being correlated is not an issue. They need to add up to 100%, how do you expect one to increase with l without a decrease in the other?
The dip in windows is corrolated with the increase in linux
Well, yeah? The users have to come from somewhere?
Its just a measurement error
Maybe
This graph gives me some Corona flashbacks.
I was confused why they used Swedish flag colors for a Norwegian graph
The welfare of the brother peoples.
Well you see. 1905 never happened, and we are all under Sweden still. /s
This reminds me of Meetup.com dying almost everywhere except Chicago where the HQ is and everyone uses it.
Is that where all the government computers run Ubuntu?
I’m a Norwegian Linux enthusiast and have never heard anything about the government using Ubuntu or Linux. Seems unlikely, from what I know. I know that within healthcare Windows is still widely used, even on the server side…
On the other hand, a lot of software for official services is being developed as open source now, so that’s at least a good step in the right direction. Example: https://github.com/navikt
Norwegian government loves windows, so yea, I really doubt it. (by it, I mean the government using Ubuntu thing)
Source: I used to work for the Norwegian government
edit: added explanation to “it”, so not to be as confusing to what I refered to.
You’re thinking of Switzerland
Ah, thanks! I knew it was somewhere.
