Linux Search Terms, What are People Searching for with Linux?

Executive Summary

Linux is growing as a search term of interest as the benefits of open source become more apparent.
This article provides the most popular Linux search terms.

Introduction

Here are some of the top search terms for Linux. This will tell us what people are searching for concerning Linux.

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Term #1: “Switch Your Business to Linux”

I was surprised that this had no search results in Keyword Finder.

Shouldn’t many companies be figuring out how to do this at this point?

Term #1b: “Linux for Business”

This had a search result indicator of 220
A 36 for difficulty (on a scale of 1 to 100).

This is a similar search. This is very likely businesses typing this search.

Term #1c: “Linux Business”

This had a search result indicator of 220
A 41 for difficulty (on a scale of 1 to 100).

This is a similar search. This is very likely businesses typing this search.

Term #2: “Switching to Linux”

This had a search result indicator of 610
A 49 for difficulty (on a scale of 1 to 100).

This is most likely typed in by people who are thinking of switching to Linux themselves.

Term #2b: “Switch Linux”

This had a search result indicator of 1100
A 44 for difficulty (on a scale of 1 to 100)

This is really the same search as “switching to Linux.”

Term #3: “Windows or Linux”

This had a search result indicator of 1500
A 39 for difficulty (on a scale of 1 to 100)

This is most likely typed in by people who are thinking of switching to Linux themselves.

Term #3b: “Windows to Linux”

This had a search result indicator of 1500
A 39 for difficulty (on a scale of 1 to 100)

This is most likely typed in by people who are thinking of switching to Linux themselves.

Term #3c: “Windows to Linux”

This had a search result indicator of 1500
A 39 for difficulty (on a scale of 1 to 100)

This is most likely typed in by people who are thinking of switching to Linux themselves.

Term #3d: “Replace Windows with Linux”

This had a search result indicator of 440
A 48 for difficulty (on a scale of 1 to 100)

Basically the same sentiment as the previous two but worded differently.

Term #3e: “Advantages of Linux Over Windows”

This had a search result indicator of 570
A 51 for difficulty (on a scale of 1 to 100)

Basically the same sentiment as the previous three but worded differently.

Term #4: “Why Use Ubuntu”

This had a search result indicator of 670
A 30 for difficulty (on a scale of 1 to 100)

This is a search for one of the most popular OSs that uses the Linux kernel.

Term #4b: “Ubuntu”

This had a search result indicator of 1,500,000
A 75 for difficulty (on a scale of 1 to 100)

What is curious is how much more numerous the results are for Ubuntu than even Linux.

Term #4c: “Mint Linux”

This had a search result indicator of 24,000
A 58 for difficulty (on a scale of 1 to 100)

Even though Mint Linux is around as popular in installations as Ubuntu, it is far less searched for term.

Term #4d: “Debian”

This had a search result indicator of 278,000
A 74 for difficulty (on a scale of 1 to 100)

Ubuntu is based on Debian and supports many other distributions, yet it is a far less popular search term.

Term #4e: “Ubuntu Switch”

This had a search result indicator of 560
A 37 for difficulty (on a scale of 1 to 100)

“Ubuntu Switch” is just a little less searched for than “Linux Switch.” This shows how dominant Ubuntu has become in the Linux space.

Term #4e: “Manjaro”

This had a search result indicator of 208,000
A 56 for difficulty (on a scale of 1 to 100)

By comparison, Manjaro, another one of the most popular Linux distributions, is around 18th as common of a Ubuntu search term.

Term #5: “Replace Microsoft”

This had a search result indicator of 10
A 36 for difficulty (on a scale of 1 to 100)

This is amazing. With Microsoft’s high expense and control and poor product quality, how could more companies not be thinking of replacing Microsoft?

Conclusion

This tells me that those searching to switch to Linux for businesses are still rather small. Many companies are using Linux, but there is so much opportunity to replace Microsoft OSs and office suites using Linux. Linux is still primarily considered a server OS, which means it is hidden from many businesses that could benefit from transitioning to Linux. Secondly, it is still not widely known how far Linux distribution desktops have come, to the point where they not only easily exceed the usability of Windows, but they exceed the MacOS. This is why at Brightwork R&A, we have moved off of the MacOS and onto different Linux distributions exclusively. Amazingly, Linux had beaten Windows and the MacOS while receiving just a tiny fraction of the revenues charged for these operating systems.