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More Users Running Linux than Vista

According to a recent poll at the electrogeek.com blog the number users running the Linux operating system exceeded the number of users running Windows Vista.

Currently 22 percent of users polled are running Linux as opposed to 21 percent who are running Windows Vista as their primary operating system. It would be interesting to see how the percentages change as the total number of votes increases.

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Breakfast6665d ago (Edited 6665d ago )

Too bad the same cant be said about the real world.

Edit: Im sorry but your campus aint the real world too. Look at sales figures and you'll see vista has way more users than linux. Not that i have anything against linux, im just saying.

Alcaponedyou6665d ago

i see more mac on my campus than vistas about 90% (500-800 size classes)
I for one, use ubuntu primarily and vista for (when it comes) sc2 until wine makes it compatible.

Breakfast6665d ago

So your trying to telling me that more people run Linux over Vista...The only people who know what Linux is, are tech savvy people. Ill go do my own survey in streets, how many people know what Linux is, and what it offers that vista cant. People might know what it is, but they wont know jack crap about it.

TheSadTruth6665d ago

You are right Breakfast, ignore the troll

Stryfeno16665d ago

Agreed...Vista is way more popular then Linux...This poll is bias.

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Meus Renaissance6665d ago

That's a lie. Why are people hyping Linux? I have no issue with it but all these comparisons are pointless, Windows will remain the dominant OS regardless if we like it or not.

Writing stupid misleading articles like this stinks

gw4k6665d ago

Linux is incredible! It really is 10x the os than any ms product.

Look at the major governments and companies that use it! Watch and learn there Meus Renaissance. Windows will be dominant for years longer, no doubt about that. But opensource linux is making serious ground!

ArmrdChaos6665d ago (Edited 6665d ago )

Until they can make a version of Linux that is easy to install/use/manage for the common person (NO tech background) then they will never pose any serious threat to Windows. When Vista first came out I said it would be the WinME of this decade. It just always seemed like Vista was just something to tide people over until Windows 7 actually made it out...kind of like WinME to XP. I deal with Vista in a work environment and don't have any problems with using it, but I will personally will not upgrade until I see a little more substance to do so...maybe Windows 7.

Thugbot1876664d ago

You nailed it right on the head. Vista is like another ME, something to hold people over till Windows 7 and 8. As for Linux you’re so right about Linux and how they have a long way to go. If it was back in the NT4/Win95 verse Linux days, the Linux people had a valid fight (I was one on Linux side). After the release of Windows 2000/XP, Linux was just out classed, let’s not forget the Linux community sees running the GUI a security risk. Do we really want to go back to the DOS days?

UrbanJabroni6665d ago

It is official! Forget the fact that 95%+ of all businesses are running windows platforms, this is the official start of the rise of Linux!

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Microsoft Gaming Revenue Drops 7% Year-on-Year, Content and Services Down 5%, Xbox Hardware Down 33%

Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.

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Jin_Sakai66d ago (Edited 66d ago )

Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.

dveio66d ago

To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.

Jingsing66d ago

The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.

Tanktopmaster9266d ago

Once they re-evaluate exclusive all will be fine….

S2Killinit66d ago

Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.

Jingsing66d ago

15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.

Tanktopmaster9266d ago

These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse

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Report: Injustice 3 in Development at NetherRealm Studios

Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.

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Spiders Studio, Developers of GreedFall: The Dying World, Announce Liquidation of the Company

Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.

What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.

We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.

If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."