Although Distrowatch may say your mate’s homemade Linux rules the world, we’ve always been Google Trends fans. When reconfirming that the big three - Ubuntu, Fedora, and OpenSuSE - are still the most popular Linux distros, we noticed that Ubuntu has reached another milestone entirely.

Ubuntu is the first Linux distribution to overtake Jesus in Google Trends, establishing a firm lead over the bearded one since the end of Q1 this year.

To help explain the results (and to help distinguish the two if you’re confused) we’ve produced following handy comparison chart.

You know Mac’s a young mouthy up-and-comer, the PC a boring (yet strangely likable) old guy, and Linux is either a condescending lady or, er, Tron. But for the first time, Microsoft themselves reveal what they think an Xbox 360 user looks like. And the answer?

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