The number of Linux users has more than doubled over the last one year, says a new survey by DesktopLinux.com. The survey also said Ubuntu remains their Linux distribution of choice.

However as the survey was done on a self-selected group, the actual numbers can be doubtable. This year's survey produced 38,500 votes versus 14,535 votes over the same survey done almost a year ago.

Another interesting thing that the survey threw up was that the leading Linux distribution is the Ubuntu family – 30 per cent use Ubuntu or one of its sister distributions: Kubuntu, Xubuntu, and Edubuntu.