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| From | DFS <nospam@dfs.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy |
| Subject | Re: Number of desktop users, by distro |
| Date | 2014-05-09 10:26 -0400 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <lkiojb$blf$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <lkdeng$fho$2@dont-email.me> <9bcf7f53-4564-426d-aa80-d1700cb5753e@googlegroups.com> |
On 5/9/2014 8:15 AM, -hh wrote: > On Wednesday, May 7, 2014 10:07:45 AM UTC-4, DFS wrote: >> >> http://stats.wikimedia.org/wikimedia/squids/SquidReportOperatingSystems.htm >> > >> Table Breakdown per platform for Mac and Linux >> removed Mac and Linux Android >> ... > > I looked first at the largest context before drilling down: > > > > In order of popularity > > > > Operating System Requests Percentage > > Windows 100,482 M 43.44% > iPhone 55,191 M 23.86% > Linux 28,571 M 12.35% > iPad 23,274 M 10.06% > Mac 13,079 M 5.65% > BlackBerry 891 M 0.38% > > (subtotal: 221,480 M 95.74%) It seems nearly impossible for iPhone users to show more than 50% as many page requests as Windows users. I trust they're reporting the data correctly, but this is too strange. And I see they're not counting Windows 8.x (or maybe they are but forgot to update the comments). > SymbianOS 70.8 M 0.03% > FreeBSD 30.6 M 0.01% > DoCoMo 13.1 M 0.01% > SunOS 6.2 M 0.00% > OpenBSD 0.839 M 0.00% > > Total 231,332 M 100% > > > Where the above gets slightly misleading is that > the "12.3% Linux" includes Andriod. Seeking to > separate that out is what DFS's table is; in > slightly broader contextual form: > > > Linux Android 25,486 M 11.02% > Mac Intel 12,994 M 5.62% > Linux Other 1,926 M 0.83% > Linux Ubuntu 1,118 M 0.48% > Mac PowerPC 83.6 M 0.04% > Linux Fedora 9.6 M 0.00% > Linux Mint 9 M 0.00% > Linux SUSE 8.2 M 0.00% > Linux Debian 4.9 M 0.00% > Linux Mandriva 3.6 M 0.00% > Linux Mips 1.6 M 0.00% > Linux Red Hat 1.4 M 0.00% > Linux Kubuntu 0.955 M 0.00% > Linux CentOS 0.954 M 0.00% > etc. > > > Taking the above and subtracting these two lines: > > Linux 28,571 M 12.35% > minus > Linux Android 25,486 M 11.02% > ---------------------------------------- > (Linux Desktop) 3,085 M 1.33% > > > Which can be cross-checked by summing its constitutent pieces: > > Linux Other 1,926 M 0.83% > Linux Ubuntu 1,118 M 0.48% > Linux Fedora 9.6 M 0.00% > Linux Mint 9 M 0.00% > Linux SUSE 8.2 M 0.00% > Linux Debian 4.9 M 0.00% > Linux Mandriva 3.6 M 0.00% > Linux Mips 1.6 M 0.00% > Linux Red Hat 1.4 M 0.00% > Linux Kubuntu 0.955 M 0.00% > Linux CentOS 0.954 M 0.00% > Linux Mandriva 3.6 M 0.00% > Linux Mips 1.6 M 0.00% > Linux Red Hat 1.4 M 0.00% > Linux Kubuntu 0.955 M 0.00% > Linux CentOS 0.954 M 0.00% > ----------------------------------------- > sum: 3084.209 M > > Note: 99.97% accounted; the balance is > obviously the ignored "etc" & rounding. > > > The net sum conclusion from this analysis > is that the high level breakdown of Wiki > accessors by OS is: > > 43.4% - Windows > 33.9% - iOS > 11.0% - Android > 5.7% - Mac OS > 1.3% - Linux (desktop) > 0.4% - Blackberry OS > ------------------------ > 95.7% (vs 95.74 in above subtotal; remaining > balance is 'etc' & rounding errors) Nice analysis. How did you get your columns to stay aligned? Mine are aligned when I submit the post, but when I read it from the group they're out of whack.
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Number of desktop users, by distro DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2014-05-07 10:07 -0400
Re: Number of desktop users, by distro Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2014-05-07 19:00 +0200
Re: Number of desktop users, by distro Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2014-05-07 20:07 +0200
Re: Number of desktop users, by distro Silver Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-05-07 14:11 -0400
Re: Number of desktop users, by distro Lloyd E Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2014-05-07 13:27 -0500
Re: Number of desktop users, by distro chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2014-05-07 13:23 -0500
Re: Number of desktop users, by distro Lloyd E Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2014-05-07 13:30 -0500
Re: Number of desktop users, by distro GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2014-05-07 12:58 -0600
Re: Number of desktop users, by distro Steve Carroll <fretwizzen@gmail.com> - 2014-05-07 13:12 -0700
Re: Number of desktop users, by distro tinus61 <tinus61@nospam.invalid> - 2014-05-08 01:47 +0200
Re: Number of desktop users, by distro RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2014-05-08 00:04 +0000
Re: Number of desktop users, by distro Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-05-07 17:58 -0700
Re: Number of desktop users, by distro "Poisoned by Win 8.1" <trigonometry1972@gmail.com> - 2014-05-08 13:59 -0700
Re: Number of desktop users, by distro Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-05-08 14:13 -0700
Re: Number of desktop users, by distro "Hans Blafhoed" <marti.takes.it.up.the.shitter@nospam.eu> - 2014-05-08 22:12 +0200
Re: Number of desktop users, by distro Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2014-05-08 22:44 +0200
Re: Number of desktop users, by distro RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2014-05-07 23:49 +0000
Re: Number of desktop users, by distro Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-05-07 16:53 -0700
Re: Number of desktop users, by distro Steve Carroll <fretwizzen@gmail.com> - 2014-05-07 16:57 -0700
Re: Number of desktop users, by distro "Poisoned by Win 8.1" <trigonometry1972@gmail.com> - 2014-05-08 14:02 -0700
Re: Number of desktop users, by distro Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-05-08 14:12 -0700
Re: Number of desktop users, by distro flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2014-05-09 07:14 -0400
Re: Number of desktop users, by distro Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-05-09 07:51 -0700
Re: Number of desktop users, by distro DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2014-05-08 23:26 -0400
Re: Number of desktop users, by distro Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2014-05-09 10:33 +0200
Re: Number of desktop users, by distro flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2014-05-09 07:39 -0400
Re: Number of desktop users, by distro Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-05-09 08:16 -0700
Re: Number of desktop users, by distro -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2014-05-09 05:15 -0700
Re: Number of desktop users, by distro DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2014-05-09 10:26 -0400
Re: Number of desktop users, by distro -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2014-05-09 07:51 -0700
Re: Number of desktop users, by distro Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2014-05-09 10:29 -0700
Re: Number of desktop users, by distro Steve Carroll <fretwizzen@gmail.com> - 2014-05-09 10:45 -0700
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