Linux
Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel.
Market Share of Linux
Current Customer(s)
167461
Market Share (Est.)
14.62%
Ranking
#2
Top Competitors and Alternatives of Linux
The top three of Linux’s competitors in the Server And Desktop OS category are Oracle Linux with 14.64%, Apple iOS with 9.80%, VMware Server with 5.37% market share.
| Technology | Domains | Market Share (Est.) | Versus page |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oracle Linux | 167702 | 14.64% | Linux vs Oracle Linux |
| Apple iOS | 112288 | 9.80% | Linux vs Apple iOS |
| VMware Server | 61503 | 5.37% | Linux vs VMware Server |
| Unix | 55768 | 4.87% | Linux vs Unix |
| Windows XP | 39840 | 3.48% | Linux vs Windows XP |
| Microsoft Windows Server | 39065 | 3.41% | Linux vs Microsoft Windows Server |
| Debian | 38380 | 3.35% | Linux vs Debian |
| Windows 7 | 36005 | 3.14% | Linux vs Windows 7 |
| Microsoft Windows 7 | 35668 | 3.11% | Linux vs Microsoft Windows 7 |
| Android OS | 32917 | 2.87% | Linux vs Android OS |
| CentOS | 32365 | 2.83% | Linux vs CentOS |
| Mac OS | 32200 | 2.81% | Linux vs Mac OS |
| Windows Server 2003 | 30663 | 2.68% | Linux vs Windows Server 2003 |
| Ubuntu | 28711 | 2.51% | Linux vs Ubuntu |
| Windows 10 | 28001 | 2.44% | Linux vs Windows 10 |
| Windows Server 2008 | 24360 | 2.13% | Linux vs Windows Server 2008 |
| Windows Server 2000 | 23146 | 2.02% | Linux vs Windows Server 2000 |
| Windows Server 2012 | 15679 | 1.37% | Linux vs Windows Server 2012 |
| Microsoft Windows OS | 14843 | 1.30% | Linux vs Microsoft Windows OS |
| Windows Vista | 11807 | 1.03% | Linux vs Windows Vista |
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Top Competitors and Alternatives of Linux
The top three of Linux’s competitors in the Server And Desktop OS category are Oracle Linux with 14.64%, Apple iOS with 9.80%, VMware Server with 5.37% market share.
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Customers of Linux
Around the world in 2026, over 163808 companies have started using Linux as Server And Desktop OS tool.
| Customers | Employee Range | City | Region | Country | Social Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTI University | 10,000+ | Cairo | Cairo | Egypt |     |
| Macquarie Group | 10,000+ | Sydney | New South Wales | Australia | |
| Xerox | 10,000+ | Norwalk | Connecticut | United States | |
| Goodwill Industries International | 10,000+ | Rockville | Maryland | United States | |
| University Of Agronomic Sciences & Veterinary Medicine Of Bucharest | 10,000+ | Bucharest | Bucuresti | Romania | |
| Dassault Falcon Jet | 10,000+ | Little Ferry | New Jersey | United States | |
| Eversource Energy | 10,000+ | Springfield | Massachusetts | United States | |
| Institut Teknologi Bandung | 10,000+ | Bandung | West Java | Indonesia | |
| BioTelemetry, Inc. | 10,000+ | Malvern | Pennsylvania | United States | |
| SmartCoop | 10,000+ | Brussels | Brussels Capital | Belgium | |
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Linux Customers by Products and Services
The top three products and services offering customers that use Linux for Server And Desktop OS are Software Development (3548), Machine Learning (2153), Web Development (2115).
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Linux Customers by Employee Size
The majority of Linux's customers for the server-and-desktop-os category fall in the company size of 20 - 49 employees (39578 companies), 100 - 249 employees (39103 companies), 0 - 9 employees (21436 companies).
Employee Size
Linux Customers by Geography
The top three geographies of Linux for server-and-desktop-os are the United States with 52152(46.06%), Brazil with 11224(9.91%), India with 10324(9.12%) customers respectively.
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Who are the top Linux competitors?
Linux’s Top competitors in the server-and-desktop-os category are Oracle Linux, Apple iOS, VMware Server. You can view a full list of Linux competitors here. 6sense uses advanced data mining and AI algorithms to track customers and competitors of Linux and 40,000 other technologies on the internet. You can also compare Linux and its feature with top competitors here : Linux vs Oracle Linux Linux vs Apple iOS Linux vs VMware Server.
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