Linus Torvalds answers why Linux is not popular on the Desktop

For its founder, the answer lies in the convenience offered by manufacturers, which guarantee the pre-installation of the competitor Windows on their machines

Linux is the absolute leader in supercomputing and is much more used than Windows on servers. And in 2017, Android – also based on the penguin – became the most used operating system in the world, surpassing the Microsoft platform for the first time in history.

And this triumph of the little green robot is also a triumph of Linux.

Uirá Endy Ribeiro

Uirá Endy Ribeiro is a Software Developer and Cloud Computing Architect with a 23-year career. He has master's degrees in computer science and fifteen IT certifications and is the author of 11 books recognized in the IT world market. He is also Director at Universidade Salgado de Oliveira and Director of the Linux Professional Institute - LPI Director's Board.