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Re: Vote for your distro ;)

From GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject Re: Vote for your distro ;)
Date 2016-01-06 13:14 -0700
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On 01/05/16 19:54, owl 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.
>

I did a couple of years ago.  It worked well, but then so does windows.
No real advantage really.

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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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