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6% -- operating system market share for Linux (2006)
Linux held a 6 percent share of the smart phone operating system market in 2006.
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2006
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20
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30
Methodology
45
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95
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Canalys
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Linux: 6% operating system market share. Source: Canalys (2006). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/linux-smartphone-os-market-share-2006
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/linux-smartphone-os-market-share-2006" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>6%</strong> -- operating system market share for Linux<br><small>Source: Canalys (2006) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/linux-smartphone-os-market-share-2006" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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