Your Question: Does Anyone Use Linux?
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About two percent of desktop PCs and laptops use Linux, and there were over 2 billion in use in 2015. … Yet, Linux runs the world: over 70 percent of websites run on it, and over 92 percent of the servers running on Amazon’s EC2 platform use Linux. All 500 of the fastest supercomputers in the world run Linux.

Who uses Linux today?

Here are five of the highest-profile users of the Linux desktop worldwide.

  • Google. Perhaps the best-known major company to use Linux on the desktop is Google, which provides the Goobuntu OS for staff to use. …
  • NASA. …
  • French Gendarmerie. …
  • US Department of Defense. …
  • CERN.

Is Linux still used in 2020?

According to Net Applications, desktop Linux is making a surge. But Windows still rules the desktop and other data suggests that macOS, Chrome OS, and Linux are still way behind, while we’re turning evermore to our smartphones.

James H. Sterling

James H. Sterling

Environmental Science & Climate Journalist

James Sterling reports on renewable energy developments, climate policy, ecological conservation, and green tech innovations around the globe.

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