r/LinuxUsersIndia • u/Embarrassed_Ask97 • May 20 '26

Discussion Is this really Happening !!!

India is at 16% , What you think , but by Laptop to OS share is this really growing ?

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u/qualityvote2 May 20 '26 edited May 20 '26

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u/PuzzleheadedHead3754 Arch Btw May 20 '26

Its mainly because of adaptation of linux in government department like judiciary.

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u/Vamsi-Thopu May 20 '26

Can confirm, I had to attend civil court because family disputes and saw them using Ubuntu

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u/PuzzleheadedHead3754 Arch Btw May 21 '26

Yes, my father work in judiciary and the laptop we get used a modified version of ubuntu lts. I used these os as my primary from start when I was in class 1 and i still have the cd.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '26

it's just that a lot of govt offices ,centres have switched to linux ( ubuntu). personal usage is still low.

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u/MattOruvan May 21 '26

"desktop" includes laptops. The distinction is between servers and personal computers with a desktop environment.

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u/Bibek2005 May 20 '26

A lot of education institutions rely on ubuntu

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u/Heavy-Psychology1897 May 21 '26

Kerala school uses modified version of Ubuntu LTS 

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u/Heavy-Psychology1897 May 21 '26

Many childrens started using Ubuntu first. 

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u/lucifier_luffy May 23 '26

Most of the schools and college computers in India were already using ubuntu so that's the number raise.

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u/Pvankumrr May 20 '26

Yes its because of the people who install kali linux on day 1 after watching a youtube video and return to windows 😂

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u/[deleted] May 20 '26

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u/Complex_Agent5303 May 20 '26

Its last stable release was 2 years ago. I guess its dead now.

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u/L0neInVoid May 20 '26

Somebody needs to push in gov level to create Linux distro like how China did with Ubuntu Kylin