[Halfmanhalfamazing]

I've seen this multiple times; talked about it myself.

Linux is much more popular worldwide than it is in the US/north america.

Just ask Netapplications, then ask W3counter. One tracks the US, and one tracks the world.

[ClearCase_guy]

I don’t know about the world market, but I think the PC market in the US is driven by games. If “Bioshock” can run on a Linux platform, then the Linux userbase will expand. If it doesn’t, the Vista userbase will expand.

[ShadowAce]

[Clara Lou]

I’m a Linux know-nothing. I switched over from XP. Then I showed my brother Kubuntu. Even he switched over. XP is a thing of the past for both of us. [Neither of us games.]

[shorty_harris]

I run Mepis 6.5 on my work laptop, and on one desktop at home. The other two desktops at home run windows 2000.

[sionnsar]

Yahbut that survey is oriented to corporate users. Corporate-issue machines are Windows, no matter which timezone you're in (and we're in all of them, I'm told).

But I'm posting this from my personal Kubuntu machine at home.

[neb52]

This is all based on the assumption that one goes to Desktop Linux.com or other Linux sites on a routine bases, in which I don’t. Ubuntu user here.

[js1138]

Gone to Apples every one. Just my guess. Americans do not think first of cost when buying something.

I’m still in the MS world, but if I wanted an alternative, it would probably be a Mac.

[Brucifer]

I can’t run my flight sims on Linux. If I could fly IL-2 on anything other than Windows I’d be gone in a heartbeat.

[amigatec]

I still run Linux, my firewall, my PC and the wifes PC.