Has the Eee PC Helped Linux's Market Share? | Linux Today

Has the Eee PC Helped Linux’s Market Share?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 10, 2008

[ Thanks to InTheLoop for this link.
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From the perspective of a Linux user and watcher (and I guess in
my case writer, too) of the Linux news, it certainly seems like the
Eee PC should be increasing Linux’s number of users, but what do
the real numbers show?

“Unfortunately, it is very hard to know for sure how many people
are using any particular operating system, since there is no way to
measure OS usage…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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