Now this is beyond doubt that Ubuntu is the most searched Linux distribution. Most websites/forums claim that Ubuntu is the most popular one. Okey, agreed that Ubuntu is the most popular; what about the rest ?
Now Distrowatch reports the top 10 distributions as 1Ubuntu When I took a Google trend data, I found that apart from Ubuntu, only Debain, Fedora/Redhat and OpenSUSE/SUSE had the best search hits. Here is a link from Google trends depicting the comparative ratio of the five. Please note that I have checked the Google trends data for OpenSUSE and SUSE differently, same holds true for Fedora/Redhat. Interesting thing is that individually each five distribution scores much better than most other top 10 distributions I tried ( Well ! except for the mighty Ubuntu). Please note that each of these five are searched more than Kubuntu, Xubuntu and any other Buntu too. Debian and Fedora certainly emerge as the clear winner, with SUSE a distant third. I am no expert to do any analysis on this data, maybe you guys can help. Fore more detailed data please visit Google trends. Lets see how these stack against mighty Ubuntu Again more details at Google trends site. EDIT: Due to some extreme comments I am adding another google trends comparison. In the original article I had not included distributions which were too low on Google trends to mention. However, now that some guys really want it; I have added comparative searches of "Linux Mint", Mint and PCLinuxOS. Please Note that I have searched for "Linux Mint" as well as Mint. Now we cannot take all Mint to mean Linux Mint, Mint can also mean Mint that we love to eat. Note that Mint search graph has remained consistant since 2004 and earlier, when even Linux Mint's father Ubuntu was not born. So please don't mistake Mint to mean "Linux Mint" Just For Comparison I have added the most debated distribution Debian. Check that Debian is still more searched than Mint. Needless to say "Linux Mint" and PCLinuxOS are no where in comparison. Guys in real world people go by facts; no matter how much I love Linux Mint fact is that Debian is much more popular and this is going to remain so for next few months at least. Many hardcore server admins use Debian and simply would not use any other distro. Here I have not compared a "Desktop only" distribution and I am sure that hardly anyone will use Linux Mint on server. Refer to Google Trends site.
2openSUSE
3Fedora
4Mint
5PCLinuxOS
6Debian
7Mandriva
8Dreamlinux
9Sabayon
10Damn Small 
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4 comments:
YOU show the list then you avoid #4 and 5 so you can put Debian in the graph?
Why bother then?
You could have done a whole article on how come Mint is so high in the searches and how a one man (almost) spinoff like PCLinuxOS managed to stay at the top of Distrowatch for over a year.
"Most searched for on Google" is an interesting way to define "best". Of course, by "interesting" I mean "utterly wrong".
Yeah, the author totally ignores Mint to talk about Debian. Does he even know that Ubuntu is based of Deb and that Mint is based off Ubuntu. This is probably the dumbest article I've ever seen. I actually feel dumber for having read it. Nice to see Mint coming in at number 4 even if it cant get mentioned in the text.
You guys might want to read the article a little closer. He uses Disro watch to list the ditros at the start of the article, but the charts are the top hits from google. Different method, different top distro.
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