⚡ Operating Systems in the United Arab Emirates

Server operating systems are designed for computers that provide network services, such as hosting websites or storing data.

The United Arab Emirates is a Western Asian country with a population of over 10 million people.

According to our research, operating systems are detected on 12.6% of websites from the United Arab Emirates.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top operating systems on websites in the United Arab Emirates in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is Linux with an impressive share of 51.1%, followed by Windows with 48.4% and Ubuntu with 22.8%.

Linux 51.1%
Windows 48.4%
Ubuntu 22.8%
CentOS 1.2%
Oracle Linux 1%
Debian 1%
Unix 0.6%
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 0.4%
AlmaLinux 0.3%
Rocky Linux 0.1%
Amazon Linux 0.1%
CloudLinux 0.1%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top systems that are more popular in the United Arab Emirates than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

4. CentOS ^(-1)
5. Oracle Linux ^(-9)
12. CloudLinux ^(-3)

✨ Best Operating Systems

Below is a more detailed list of 12 operating systems used on sites from the United Arab Emirates, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Linux San Francisco, California, United States A family of open-source, Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, originally created by Linus Torvalds and now maintained by a global community of contributors. FreeOpen source	51.1%
2	Windows Redmond, Washington, United States A family of proprietary operating systems from Microsoft used on personal computers, servers, and virtualized environments. $1,176+	48.4%
3	Ubuntu London, United Kingdom A free operating system based on Debian GNU/Linux, designed for use on desktops, laptops, servers, and mobile devices. FreeOpen source$500+/year	22.8%
4	CentOS Raleigh, North Carolina, United States A discontinued open-source Linux distribution compatible with RHEL. Legacy	1.2%
5	Oracle Linux Austin, Texas, United States A Linux distribution based on RHEL source code, freely distributed by Oracle.	1%
6	Debian New York, United States A free and open source Linux distribution. FreeOpen source	1%
7	Unix San Francisco, California, United States A family of multitasking, multi-user computer operating systems.	0.6%
8	Red Hat Enterprise Linux Raleigh, North Carolina, United States A commercial Linux distribution developed by Red Hat for the enterprise market. $383.90+	0.4%
9	AlmaLinux Estero, Florida, United States An open-source, community owned and governed, free enterprise Linux distribution focused on long-term stability. FreeOpen source	0.3%
10	Rocky Linux Albany, California, United States An open-source enterprise operating system designed to be 100% bug-for-bug compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. FreeOpen source	0.1%
11	Amazon Linux Seattle, Washington, United States A supported and maintained Linux image provided by Amazon Web Services for use on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud. Free	0.1%
12	CloudLinux Estero, Florida, United States A commercial Linux distribution marketed to shared hosting providers. $7+/month	0.1%

👉 See Also

🌎 Operating Systems in other countries

Data is based on the analysis of 8,313 websites from the United Arab Emirates.
Statistics were last calculated on March 21, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.