However, it has been clearly adopted by a large number of community members, so it must have some weight over others. The CentOS clearly stands out amongst the others. According to the report concluded by SolveDNS, CentOS, RedHat, Ubuntu and Debian are the top, and Fedora follows them. Let’s break it down into the actual OS, because there are many operating systems based on Unix are available in the market. Another clear signal is the new release of Microsoft Defender for Linux environments. For instance, Microsoft is promising to dramatically improve its Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) with GUI app support and GPU hardware acceleration. To fight this trend, Microsoft have done fast and close proximity with Unix systems in the last years.

According to data from W3techs, in 2017 Unix servers were used by 66.5% of all the websites, and 33.5% are using Windows OS. In the last few years, the market changed, but the Unix advantage is very clear: Unix-based operating systems are ruling the webserver OS market.

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