| Market Segment | Linux Penetration | Notable Metric |
|---|---|---|
| Supercomputing | 100% | Top 500 systems exclusively use Linux |
| Public Cloud Workloads | > 90% | AWS, GCP, Azure depend on Linux |
| Smartphone Shipments (Android) | ~ 72% | 1.5 billion devices shipped annually |
| Web Servers (Top 1 M) | 96.3% | Among the world’s busiest web servers |
| Embedded/IoT Devices | 68% | Smart devices and industrial controllers |
| Desktop Market Share (2025) | 4.1% globally; 5.03% US | Up from 2.76% in 2022 |
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