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I wonder how many desktop Linux boxes are hidden behind corporate firewalls and thus hidden from these stats. My observation when I worked in oil & gas (at a co
by angrygoat 10y ago
I wonder how many desktop Linux boxes are hidden behind corporate firewalls and thus hidden from these stats. My observation when I worked in oil & gas (at a company focussed on the exploration / geophysics side) was that they were almost exclusively Linux on the desktop, those machines being used for scientific visualisation and data analysis.
- drcross 10y agoCan't we still tell from browser fingerprints?
- martiuk 10y agoNot if they're air-gapped.
- IMTDb 10y agoOn the other hand, an individual that knows about linux, decides to download a distro, install it, and get to the internet probably is way more tech-savy than your average user. He is thus more likely to spend more time on the web and his browser / OS / hardware will be more "visible" in those charts.
- pritambaral 10y agoOnly a foolish "statistician" would count all visits towards population representation instead of unique visits