Google Search Trends (Linux Distributions, browsers, etc.)

"How do they fare?
OK, so here we see the runaway leaders is Ubuntu. We can see when they’re six monthly cycles are released, with Fedora and OpenSuse a distant 2nd and 3rd.

"Latest releases - the showdown
So here we see that in the final quater last year, all three big players released their latest iteration. You can clearly see a strong correlation between news articles and the release of each distro (obviously!). Ubuntu outstretches the other two, but Fedora is a clear 2nd, with OpenSuse, taking third prize."

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