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.
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.