----- "Chris Rowson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >From my own experience of talking to others and generally > noticing > > > trends I would say that Ubuntu gets more home usage than Mac OS in > the > > > UK. > > > > > > Does anyone have any facts or figures to confirm or deny this? > Can > > > anyone suggest any ways to get an idea of how true this is? > > > > > > Mac OS doesn't seem to be very successful in the UK but Ubuntu is > > > getting very popular. > > > > > > Thanks. > > It's awkward to figure out how many people use Ubuntu in the UK, as > unlike Mac OSX or Windows it isn't sold! > > Mark Shuttleworth suggested in 2006 that there where around 8 million > Ubuntu users http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_(Linux_distribution) > so I suppose that's as close as you'll get ;-) > > In comparison Apple claims 15 million users of Mac OSX, so Ubuntu > isn't doing too badly given the length of time its been around.
Regarding the idea of using a website, Firefox on Ubuntu does report that it is running on ubuntu, however, all the statics packages I've come across only know it as `Unknown variant of Linux`. If you can, get hold of the server's logs. Some statistical checks on that should give you an idea. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
