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| From | owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy |
| Subject | Re: Vote for your distro ;) |
| Date | 2016-01-07 04:16 +0000 |
| Organization | O.W.L. |
| Message-ID | <ghjds903.fpa3f@rooftop.invalid> (permalink) |
| References | (3 earlier) <20160106072515.6df83e19@maxa-pc> <tugidlei0.3af@rooftop.invalid> <20160106085033.22476777@maxa-pc> <tyiee9w.390a@rooftop.invalid> <n6kecd$c09$1@dont-email.me> |
Slimer <.m@nsn.s> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > On 2016-01-06 7:16 PM, owl wrote: >> 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. > > I haven't used Redhat in years. How outdated is it in comparison to > Fedora? I can't imagine that Redhat uses the latest code. > I have no idea about Fedora. I stick with stable distributions. I don't care a whit for cutting edge stuff. My last RHEL was 3.0. Here's what a CentOS 7 build from last year looks like, which should give you an idea of recent Red Hat: https://vid.me/oo1s I believe there was another release in December. This one's from last Spring.
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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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