⚡ Operating Systems in Austria

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

Austria is a Central European country with a population of over 9 million people.

According to our research, operating systems are detected on 16.9% of websites from Austria.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is Linux, which dominates the market with an overwhelming 81.6% share.
It is followed by Debian with 16.2% and Windows with 16%.

Linux 81.6%
Debian 16.2%
Windows 16%
Ubuntu 15.7%
CentOS 1.6%
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 1.4%
Unix 1.2%
FreeBSD 1.2%
Gentoo 0.2%
AlmaLinux 0.2%
Oracle Linux 0.2%
Rocky Linux 0.1%
Fedora 0.1%
SUSE Linux 0.1%
Amazon Linux 0.06%

🚀 Highlights

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

2. Debian ^(-2)
6. Red Hat Enterprise Linux ^(-1)
8. FreeBSD ^(-1)
9. Gentoo ^(-4)
11. Oracle Linux ^(-3)
14. SUSE Linux ^(-2)
16. OpenBSD ^(-1)

✨ Best Operating Systems

Below is a more detailed list of 16 operating systems used on sites from Austria, 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	81.6%
2	Debian New York, United States A free and open source Linux distribution. FreeOpen source	16.2%
3	Windows Redmond, Washington, United States A family of proprietary operating systems from Microsoft used on personal computers, servers, and virtualized environments. $1,176+	16%
4	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	15.7%
5	CentOS Raleigh, North Carolina, United States A discontinued open-source Linux distribution compatible with RHEL. Legacy	1.6%
6	Red Hat Enterprise Linux Raleigh, North Carolina, United States A commercial Linux distribution developed by Red Hat for the enterprise market. $383.90+	1.4%
7	Unix San Francisco, California, United States A family of multitasking, multi-user computer operating systems.	1.2%
8	FreeBSD Boulder, Colorado, United States An open source Unix-like operating system designed for reliability, performance, and advanced networking across servers, desktops, and embedded systems. FreeOpen source	1.2%
9	Gentoo Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States A Linux distribution built using the Portage package management system.	0.2%
10	AlmaLinux Estero, Florida, United States An open-source, community owned and governed, free enterprise Linux distribution focused on long-term stability. FreeOpen source	0.2%
11	Oracle Linux Austin, Texas, United States A Linux distribution based on RHEL source code, freely distributed by Oracle.	0.2%
12	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%
13	Fedora A Linux distribution developed by the Fedora Project. FreeOpen source	0.1%
14	SUSE Linux Nuremberg, Germany A Linux-based operating system developed by SUSE. FreeOpen source€477.24+/year	0.1%
15	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	0.06%
16	OpenBSD Edmonton, Alberta, Canada A security-focused open-source operating system based on the Berkeley Software Distribution.	0.06%

👉 See Also

🌎 Operating Systems in other countries

Data is based on the analysis of 29,013 websites from Austria.
Statistics were last calculated on March 21, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.