There are times in the live chat were I’m asked what Linux distribution is used most. While that particular question can’t be readily answered, the site www.DistroWatch.com will to a degree indicate what distributions are being downloaded most.
On that site, scroll down and look to the right. You will see a “Page Hit Ranking” which by default will show hits in the last 6 months. This isn’t an end-all/be-all listing of what’s used most but it’s a good indicator.
At present, the top 5 are:
- Ubuntu
- PCLinuxOS
- openSUSE
- Fedora
- Mint
If you were looking for somewhere that lists all the distros and how they’re faring out, DistroWatch is the place to be.


Rich Menga is PCMech's video guy, an author and part-time host of PCMech LIVE.



Jay said:
4/9/2008 7:39 am
To get best results change from last 6 months, to past 7 days. The results are based on what distro links are clicked on the most from their site.
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