Ubuntu Continues to Grab Market Share

slasher writes "MadPenguin.org discusses the future of Ubuntu and confirms Ubuntu's growing market share in the Linux market. Author Matt Hartley writes, "Now, for the biggest question: do high numbers mean that Ubuntu is the best distribution out there? Some will argue that this is an impossible point to make, as each person has different needs from their distribution. But for the sake of this article, we will be considering the average user, not the Slackware crowd, who is obviously much more comfortable within a command line environment than mainstream users."

But I Thought That Was Pointless?

[Anonymous Coward]

But, two days ago you said this was pointless [slashdot.org].

I'm so confused, I don't even know what to believe anymore!

Ubuntu's biggest users are

[Anonymous Coward]

so called "African Americans" with the help of directed advertisements on BET.

yo dawg, dis ubuntu cuz be da bomb, yo. pop pop gunshot, oh shiet da po-lice. whoop whoop.

This Just In: Ubuntu is Not Dying

[Tackhead]

It is now official. MadPenguin.org has confirmed: Ubuntu is not dying.

One more encouraging sign hit the already triumphant Ubuntu community when MadPenguin confirmed that Ubuntu market share has risen yet again, now up to to some number that would actually make this parody much easier to write had been cited in the fucking article.

Coming with a hotlink to a recent MadPenguin.org article which plainly states that Microsoft Does't Care About Destroying Linux, this news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. It's simply a matter of numbers, despite it being a sore spot with Fedora and SuSe users who've failed to get over it.

You don't need to be the Amazing Kreskin to predict Ubuntu's future. The hand writing is on the wall: Ubuntu has won the hearts of common users. In fact there won't be any future at all without Ubuntu because Ubuntu is not dying. Things are looking very good for Ubuntu. As many of us are already aware, Ubuntu continues to gain market share. Take a cold, hard look around.

Debian is the most endangered of them all, had a much slower development cycle than many of us would amit. The sudden and unpleasant departures of long time Fedora communicy relations issues only serve to underscore the point more clearly. There can no longer be any doubt: Ubuntu is not dying.

Let's keep to the facts and look at the numbers.

If there were any in TFA, I'd have talked about the number of users Ubuntu has, made a few wisecracks about Theo and FreeBSD, and compared the number of Ubuntu vs FreeBSD articles on Slashdot, divided by the number of modpoints used. So let's just skip that bit and call it as done. Throw me a frickin' bone here, I haven't even had my morning coffee yet.

All major surveys show that Ubuntu has steadily risen in market share. Ubuntu is very healthy and its long term survival prospects are very good. If Ubuntu is to triumph at all it will be over Vista itself. Ubuntu continues to grow. Nothing short of a disaster could kill it at this point in time. For all practical purposes, Ubuntu is alive.

Re:good.

[Anonymous Coward]

Oh noes, teh homos [gaybuntu.com] are winning.

Re:But I Thought That Was Pointless?

[Anonymous Coward]

When Reiser is acquitted of murdering his wife, there will be a celebration outside the courthouse where we will carry him on our shoulders and march down the street towards a local park to have a BBQ. The date is not set right now, but please continue to monitor Slashdot for the developments. We need people to hold signs outside of the courthouse demanding that Reiser must be set free.

A WHOLE FILE SYSTEM IS TEETERING ON THE VERGE OF COLLAPSE DUE TO AN UNJUST LEGAL SYSTEM.

Re:Growing Market Share

[lilomar]

You sir, are a horrible statistician.
The correct way to say it is that the market share has increased to 200%.
See? 200 is way bigger than .0002.
Lies, damned-lies, statistics.

Re:My Opinion

[toleraen]

You misspelled billionaire.

Re:http://www.thecounter.com/stats/2007/June/os.ph

[smchris]

We were right! OS/2 can compete with Windows 95!

If we just hang in there, we'll overtake them yet!

Re:My Opinion

[garcia]

Simple: Ubuntu has a charismatic millionaire behind it. That's really all there is to it. Marketing is everything

Uhh, no, it has to do with being called "Feisty Fawn". I mean, what's hotter than Bambi being naughty? ;-) (BTW, I've been a Debian user for 6 years and don't understand the hype either).

Dude

[Das Auge]

Dude, you know that Bambi is a guy, right? ;)

Re:I just can't wait

[Blue Stone]

>"The next release will be 7.10 (Gusty Gibbon, October 2007)"

I forget - is it supposed to be Gusty or Gutsy Gibbon?

Maybe he starts out as Gutsy, but after the 'release', he's Gusty?

Re:My Opinion

[Anonymous Coward]

I thought he misspelled iPhone.

tags

[StarKruzr]

How the hell did someone coordinate enough users to tag this article with "matthartleyisagobshite?"

Re:good.

[Hucko]

no, the families are running on it... Soviet perhaps?

Re:"Market" share?

[Hucko]

I don't know how Ubunghole can be gaining "marketshare". The only people moving to Ubunghole are people switching to the latest distro.

I do believe "Ubunghole" has people migrating from every os except the BSDs and React OS. Those migrating have their reasons for doing so, but on the whole, seem relatively happy with it.

Then, once Ubunghole looses that "new distro smell", they will simply move on to something else.

Damn, you got me! What you said is very true. It is one of the reasons I left Microsofts offerings, and the only reason I haven't 'Mac'ed out is I can't afford to. Of course I would keep an opensource operating system around as they have a feature the other major OSs don't.

Windows 95, unlike modern Lunix, was able to install software without requiring the user to move around files manually and edit config files. Windows 95, unlike modern Lunix, would just work.

In which 6 clicks did you get to move files around? Also I and several [google.com.au] others [annoyances.org] seem [google.com.au] to have had a much worse Windows 95 experience than you.* The trend seems [google.com.au] to be continuing. Yes, I know and agree, that linux, Ubuntu, Fedora et al do not work for everybody. Seems to be common to computers.

* yes I am aware that some of the results are not applicable/don't support my end of the debate. Refer to those that do. :)

Re:good.

[Anonymous Coward]

Fluxbuntu is going to be awesome.