It’s hard to say what the most popular Linux distributions are. There are no good surveys. But, these are the ones that have been getting the most buzz in recent months.

These conclusions are not from a formal survey. Why?

IDG and Gartner figures only look at pre-installed server operating systems, and Web browser surveys — such as StatCounter and NetMarketShare — don’t drill down far enough to say which Linux desktop distributions are the most popular.

1. Mint Linux      2. Mageia    3. Ubuntu    4. Fedora    5. Debian

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