"According
to W3Cook, Linux powers the servers that run 96.5
percent of the top one million domains in the world"
"On
Amazon EC2, standard Linux (along with its various
distros) controls 92 percent of the market. It boasts
more than 350,000 individual instances. Again, Windows
is responsible for the other eight percent."
"Microsoft
has allowed Linux to be installed on its Azure cloud
service since 2012"
"Android
is comfortably the most popular mobile operating
system in the world. As of March 2018, both
NetMarketShare and StatCounter agree that it controls
around 70 percent of the combined smartphone and
tablet market. Second is iOS with approximately 24
percent. Windows is a distant third with less than one
percent."
"Supercomputers:
Linux utterly dominates the list of the top 500 most
powerful supercomputers in the world. In June 2017,
498 of the top 500 were running Linux. The only two
non-Linux machines were running the Unix-based AIX."
"Linux
isn’t just common on laptops, mobiles, and servers.
You can find it in consumer products as diverse as
Amazon Kindle e-readers, smart TVs, Nest thermostats,
drones, and Tesla cars.
Governments
have also been adopting the OS in record numbers. The
French National Gendarmerie uses its own internal
distro, as does the Russian military, and the Spanish
education state education system. It even forms the
basis of the North Korean state-run operating system,
Red Star OS.
It’s
also the operating system of choice for the Hollywood
movie industry. 1997’s Titanic was the first
blockbuster produced on Linux; today, almost every box
office hit uses the technology.
And,
perhaps most incredibly, Linux has powered space
missions. SpaceX uses it for the Falcon 9 rockets."
If
you plan to buy a computer, and the shop just proposes
Windows-preinstalled computers, run away ! Those are
abusers !