floofloof@lemmy.ca to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoI Think Ubuntu 23.10 is Making a Mistake…www.omgubuntu.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1132arrow-down144
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minus-square20gramsWrench@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down2·1 year agothose numbers are nonexistent for most distribution, since forcing telemetry isn’t really a cool move in the free software world
minus-squareichbinjasokreativ@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoThe number of IPs hitting their software repos can be a decent way of estimating active users. Also, ISO downloads and so on.
minus-squarenotfromhere@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoThere’s also the check connectivity to Internet ping that network manager does. Arch Linux defaults to Arch’s servers, etc.
those numbers are nonexistent for most distribution, since forcing telemetry isn’t really a cool move in the free software world
The number of IPs hitting their software repos can be a decent way of estimating active users. Also, ISO downloads and so on.
There’s also the check connectivity to Internet ping that network manager does. Arch Linux defaults to Arch’s servers, etc.