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Re: Vote for your distro ;)

From	owl <owl@rooftop.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject	Re: Vote for your distro ;)
Date	2016-01-07 00:16 +0000
Organization	O.W.L.
Message-ID	<tyiee9w.390a@rooftop.invalid> (permalink)
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Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Jan 2016 07:42:46 +0000 (UTC)
> owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> wrote:
>> > On Wed, 6 Jan 2016 02:54:20 +0000 (UTC)
>> > owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
>> >   
>> >> DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:  
>> >> > On 1/5/2016 5:37 PM, Melzzzzz wrote:    
>> >> >> http://fossforce.com/2016/01/its-whats-your-distro-time/    
>> >> > 
>> >> > 
>> >> > The results from last year prove, once again, that "choice!"
>> >> > isn't nearly as important to Linux users as shitv and RonG and
>> >> > others claim it is.
>> >> > 
>> >> > http://fossforce.com/2015/03/poll-results-ubuntu-mint-in-near-tie/
>> >> > 
>> >> > 
>> >> > Distro  Votes
>> >> > 
>> >> > Ubuntu  473
>> >> > Linux Mint      462
>> >> > openSUSE        417
>> >> > Arch    276
>> >> > Debian  192
>> >> > Fedora  190
>> >> > 
>> >> > Top 6 distros got 82% of the votes
>> >> > 
>> >> > Manjaro         67
>> >> > CentOS  50
>> >> > *PCLinuxOS      49
>> >> > *Gentoo         36
>> >> > 
>> >> > Top 10 distros got 90% of the votes.
>> >> > 
>> >> > This is the 4th survey I've seen with very similar results.
>> >> > 
>> >> > 
>> >> > 
>> >> > 
>> >> > Assuming 40 million desktop Linux users, these are the total user
>> >> > counts by distro (based on the voting proportions):
>> >> > 
>> >> > 
>> >> > Ubuntu  7,678,571
>> >> > Linux Mint      7,500,000
>> >> > openSUSE        6,769,481
>> >> > Arch    4,480,519
>> >> > Debian  3,116,883
>> >> > Fedora  3,084,416
>> >> > 
>> >> > Manjaro 1,087,662
>> >> > CentOS  811,688
>> >> > *PCLinuxOS      795,455
>> >> > *Gentoo 584,416
>> >> > 
>> >> > *Slackware      568,182
>> >> > Mageia  503,247
>> >> > *Kubuntu        487,013
>> >> > elementary      470,779
>> >> > Antergos        389,610
>> >> > 
>> >> > Xubuntu 357,143
>> >> > Bodhi Linux     211,039
>> >> > Lubuntu 194,805
>> >> > 
>> >> > Kali Linux      81,169
>> >> > Linux Lite      81,169
>> >> > Netrunner       81,169
>> >> > CrunchBang      64,935
>> >> > Korora  64,935
>> >> > 
>> >> > Chakra  48,701
>> >> > LMDE    48,701
>> >> > MX Linux        48,701
>> >> > Puppy Linux     48,701
>> >> > Solydx(k)       48,701
>> >> > 
>> >> > Deepin  32,468
>> >> > Funtoo Linux    32,468
>> >> > KaOS    32,468
>> >> > LXLE    32,468
>> >> > NixOS   32,468
>> >> > OpenMandriva    32,468
>> >> > Sabayon 32,468
>> >> > 
>> >> > Tiny Core Linux 32,468
>> >> > Void Linux      32,468
>> >> > 
>> >> > Total 40,000,000
>> >> >     
>> >> 
>> >> I guess nobody sprung for that Red Hat license.
>> >>   
>> > 
>> > RHEL is for servers.  
>> 
>> https://www.redhat.com/apps/store/desktop/
>> "Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Desktops or Workstation"
>> 
>> > CentOS, ditto...
>> >   
>> 
>> survey:
>> "CentOS  811,688"
>> 
> 
> Who would run that on desktop?
> 

What's the difference?  Linux is Linux.  Red Hat has just set up a business
model catering to corporate users, providing a point of contact for "official
support."  You too can join that club for a price.  In fact, there are
even two levels of "self-support" -- one at $49 and one at $179.  Sounds
like a killer deal to me.  I can't fathom why RHEL doesn't show up on this
bogus survey.

Thread

Vote for your distro ;) Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-01-05 23:37 +0100
  Re: Vote for your distro ;) John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 15:24 -0800
  Re: Vote for your distro ;) DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-01-05 20:55 -0500
    Re: Vote for your distro ;) owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-06 02:54 +0000
      Re: Vote for your distro ;) Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-01-06 07:25 +0100
        Re: Vote for your distro ;) owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-06 07:42 +0000
          Re: Vote for your distro ;) Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-01-06 08:50 +0100
            Re: Vote for your distro ;) Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-01-06 05:54 -0500
            Re: Vote for your distro ;) owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-07 00:16 +0000
              Re: Vote for your distro ;) Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-01-07 01:42 +0100
              Re: Vote for your distro ;) Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-01-06 20:20 -0500
                Re: Vote for your distro ;) owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-07 04:16 +0000
                Re: Vote for your distro ;) owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-07 15:26 +0000
                Re: Vote for your distro ;) GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2016-01-07 11:48 -0700
        Re: Vote for your distro ;) Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-01-06 05:43 -0500
          Re: Vote for your distro ;) chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-01-06 06:46 -0600
            Re: Vote for your distro ;) GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2016-01-06 13:17 -0700
          Re: Vote for your distro ;) DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-01-07 14:48 -0500
        Re: Vote for your distro ;) GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2016-01-06 13:15 -0700
      Re: Vote for your distro ;) GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2016-01-06 13:14 -0700
    Re: Vote for your distro ;) John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 19:08 -0800
      Re: Vote for your distro ;) Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-01-06 07:22 +0100
        Melzzzzz is a complete Loony posting Loony links and Crap to COLA John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 05:08 -0800
          Re: Melzzzzz is a complete Loony posting Loony links and Crap to COLA Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-01-06 14:11 +0100
            Re: Melzzzzz is a complete Loony posting Loony links and Crap to COLA John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 05:51 -0800
          Re: Melzzzzz is a complete Loony posting Loony links and Crap to COLA Takuya Saitoh <taka0038@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 21:45 -0800
            Re: Melzzzzz is a complete Loony posting Loony links and Crap to COLA Marti van Lin <ml2mst@dontevenbother.invalid> - 2016-01-07 08:17 +0100
            Re: Melzzzzz is a complete Loony posting Loony links and Crap to COLA John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-01-07 03:07 -0800
        Re: Vote for your distro ;) Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-01-06 09:41 -0500
      Re: Vote for your distro ;) DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-01-07 13:44 -0500
        Re: Vote for your distro ;) John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-01-07 12:36 -0800
  Re: Vote for your distro ;) Vince Vandal <v2@Ce4OrysoXdNcOcOGIAkzQ3WfTYyEQV89dkhLjcQ6cCMIF3Zo5Q49YUyeRjXm.info> - 2016-01-06 04:03 +0000
    Re: Vote for your distro ;) Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-01-06 05:37 -0500
      Re: Vote for your distro ;) Marti van Lin <ml2mst@dontevenbother.invalid> - 2016-01-07 05:41 +0100
    Re: Vote for your distro ;) Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-01-06 09:39 -0500
    Re: Vote for your distro ;) DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-01-07 14:22 -0500
  Re: Vote for your distro ;) Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2016-01-06 08:44 +0000
    Don't Look now but your Debian Leader just offed himself. John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 05:52 -0800
      Re: Don't Look now but your Debian Leader just offed himself. Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2016-01-06 15:37 +0000
        Re: Don't Look now but your Debian Leader just offed himself. John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 07:46 -0800

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