5 Reasons why Linux has a low Os market share
Despite having a huge fan base for the Linux community, it occupies a very little market share In OS Market. Linux only Occupies a 1.4 % market share in the overall market share of Desktop Operating Systems in 2020. However, If you consider the overall market Share of Operating systems Then Linux is every were and plays a significant role. Linux is an Operating system that we use daily in our day to day lives but doesn't make not of it. Linux may be running on your social app servers, Household IoT Devices, your smart Android mobile phones, Smartwatches, etc.
Though There are many geek Linux users who don’t accept Android as Linux, at the end of the day it was built on Linux kernel technically meaning it is Linux.
Though Linux occupies a very little market share Linux has 600+ active Linux distributions.
The probable reason for this low market share might be
- Many of the Linux Operating systems don't track their users. So as the number is not accurate, results in an unfair comparison with other Operating systems in the market.
- The Linux Operating system Doesn't market their os to get users
- There is a misconception among the people that Linux os is only for the computer geeks and lags in the user interface.
- It simple because many devices ship with windows or mac as a preinstalled Operating System.
- Though Users use Linux in their day to day lives they are unaware of it and they don't hear much about Linux
