Trend detail

General Tech General TechValidated82% confidenceRisingVolatileRecurring

Linux

Rank #20 with 4 captured signals across 3 sources.

Linux is a validated trend driven by social buzz with 4 signals across 3 sources (strongest on Lobsters).

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Total score57.8

Movement+2

Momentum0.0%

First seen13 Mar 2026

About

What is Linux?

Family of Unix-like operating systems

Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, a kernel first released on 17 September 1991, by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged as a Linux distribution, which includes the kernel and supporting system software and libraries – most of which are provided by third parties – to create a complete operating system. Linux was originally designed as a clone of Unix and is released under the copyleft GPL license.

Score trajectory

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Component breakdown

Platform intelligence

Source-by-source breakdown

3 sources · 4 signals

community (1)developer (2)search (1)knowledge (1)analytics (1)

31.3 pts estimated contribution

Evidence (2)

jcd - jump change directory cli tool

social · value 9.0 · 27 Apr 2026

Announcing Smart Files: Four extensions on traditional files

social · value 3.0 · 27 Apr 2026

Social 25.3 · Diversity 6.0Latest healthy fetch kept 25 of 25 items

12.9 pts estimated contribution

228.7K

Stack Overflow questions

all time

33/mo

SO questions (30 days)

last 30 days

+6.5%

SO question growth

month-over-month

Evidence (1)

Getting alerted when N cpu cycles consumed by polling the file descriptor

developer · value 36.0 · 26 Apr 2026

Developer 6.9 · Diversity 6.0Latest healthy fetch kept 45 of 45 items

linux mint, linux distribution, linux operating system, linux distros, linux mint download, linux laptop, linux phone, linux download, linux kernel, what is linux, what is linux used for, what is linux operating system, what is linux device, what is linux mint based on, what is linux mint

Why is Linux trending?

Identity

Aliases & duplicates

Tracked aliases

linux

Linux

Opportunity

What you can do with it

Stable

Composite44%

Discovery60%

SEO36%

Content41%

Product33%

Investment55%

Investment signal: multi-source validation with real momentum (3 sources, rising)

Prediction

Breakout outlook

Stable · 34% confidenceClimbing ranks (+2.0/run) · Multi-source coverage (3 sources) · High base score (57.8) · Recurring pattern detected (16 reappearances)

Recurring16 reappearances after gaps averaging 0.3 runs

100% confidence

Audience

Who and where this seems relevant

DeveloperAudience segment

2 signals

FounderAudience segment

1 signals

Language: ENLanguage

1 signals

Us MarketMarket segment

1 signals

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Geo

Where it is showing up

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