⚡ Operating Systems in Finland

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

Finland is a Northern European country with a population of around 5.6 million people.

According to our research, operating systems are detected on 17.9% of websites from Finland.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is Linux, which dominates the market with a substantial 83.9% share.
It is followed by Ubuntu with 28.1% and Windows with 14.9%.

Linux 83.9%
Ubuntu 28.1%
Windows 14.9%
Debian 10.8%
CentOS 4.5%
Unix 1.5%
AlmaLinux 1.3%
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 1.1%
Rocky Linux 1%
CloudLinux 0.4%
Fedora 0.1%
Amazon Linux 0.1%
SUSE Linux 0.07%
Oracle Linux 0.03%
Gentoo 0.03%

🚀 Highlights

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

2. Ubuntu ^(-1)
7. AlmaLinux ^(-1)
9. Rocky Linux ^(-1)
10. CloudLinux ^(-5)
11. Fedora ^(-1)
13. SUSE Linux ^(-3)

✨ Best Operating Systems

Below is a more detailed list of 16 operating systems used on sites from Finland, 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	83.9%
2	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	28.1%
3	Windows Redmond, Washington, United States A family of proprietary operating systems from Microsoft used on personal computers, servers, and virtualized environments. $1,176+	14.9%
4	Debian New York, United States A free and open source Linux distribution. FreeOpen source	10.8%
5	CentOS Raleigh, North Carolina, United States A discontinued open-source Linux distribution compatible with RHEL. Legacy	4.5%
6	Unix San Francisco, California, United States A family of multitasking, multi-user computer operating systems.	1.5%
7	AlmaLinux Estero, Florida, United States An open source, community owned and governed, free enterprise Linux distribution focused on long-term stability. FreeOpen source	1.3%
8	Red Hat Enterprise Linux Raleigh, North Carolina, United States A commercial Linux distribution developed by Red Hat for the enterprise market. $383.90+	1.1%
9	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	1%
10	CloudLinux Estero, Florida, United States A commercial Linux distribution marketed to shared hosting providers. $7+/month	0.4%
11	Fedora A Linux distribution developed by the Fedora Project. FreeOpen source	0.1%
12	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%
13	SUSE Linux Nuremberg, Germany A Linux-based operating system developed by SUSE. FreeOpen source€477.24+/year	0.07%
14	Oracle Linux Austin, Texas, United States A Linux distribution based on RHEL source code, freely distributed by Oracle.	0.03%
15	Gentoo Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States A Linux distribution built using the Portage package management system.	0.03%
16	FreeBSD Boulder, Colorado, United States An open-source operating system used to power modern servers, desktops, and embedded platforms. FreeOpen source	0.03%

👉 See Also

🌎 Operating Systems in other countries

Data is based on the analysis of 16,885 websites from Finland.
Statistics were last calculated on February 4, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.