By Michael Hall,
LinuxToday
Evans Data released the results of a survey of “Linux
developers” yesterday indicating that of all the Linux
distributions, FreeBSD came in fourth in popularity. This raised a
few eyebrows.
Since then, the firm has removed FreeBSD from the results table on its site
and placed a small message at the bottom:
“It has been brought to our attention that FreeBSD is not a
Linux distribution. The data was revised to exclude FreeBSD, and
the numbers above reflect the corrections. We apologize for the
mistake.”
The revised results for the survey didn’t do much to change the
outcome, though. Red Hat continues to lead with 78 percent; while
SuSE, Mandrake, and Caldera all came in at or around 22 percent.
Debian took over the fourth place spot vacated by FreeBSD at 17.9
percent. Nor does it answer another question, which is how many
other, non-Linux answers were culled from the responses.
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.
LinuxToday is a trusted, contributor-driven news resource supporting all types of Linux users. Our thriving international community engages with us through social media and frequent content contributions aimed at solving problems ranging from personal computing to enterprise-level IT operations. LinuxToday serves as a home for a community that struggles to find comparable information elsewhere on the web.
Property of TechnologyAdvice. © 2025 TechnologyAdvice. All Rights Reserved
Advertiser Disclosure: Some of the products that appear on this site are from companies from which TechnologyAdvice receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site including, for example, the order in which they appear. TechnologyAdvice does not include all companies or all types of products available in the marketplace.