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4 sourced facts about the Linux operating system, each with the context behind the number. 4 more are in today's round and appear here after it closes.
AnswerOver 13,500
Those contributions came from more than 1,300 companies.
Source: The Linux Foundation, Development report highlighting contributions to the Linux kernel ahead of 25th anniversary (2016) linuxfoundation.org
Answer63.2%
Ubuntu is used by 15.2% of Linux websites.
Source: W3Techs, Usage statistics and market share of Linux for websites w3techs.com
Answer10,239
Version 4.1 (July 2015) had more than 19 million lines of code.
Source: The Linux Foundation, Anniversary of First Linux Kernel Release: A Look at Collaborative Value (1991) linuxfoundation.org
Answer66
Releases were spaced either 63 or 70 days apart.
Source: The Linux Foundation, Development report highlighting contributions to the Linux kernel ahead of 25th anniversary (2016) linuxfoundation.org