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minus-squareAvid Amoebacakelinkfedilink0•10 months ago Is this supposed to be a cocky joke? I can't tell. What metric of "most popular" is the author usiing? Number of active users.
minus-square@20gramsWrench@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish0•10 months agothose numbers are nonexistent for most distribution, since forcing telemetry isn't really a cool move in the free software world
minus-square@ichbinjasokreativ@beehaw.orglinkfedilink0•10 months agoThe number of IPs hitting their software repos can be a decent way of estimating active users. Also, ISO downloads and so on.
minus-square@notfromhere@lemmy.onelinkfedilink-1•10 months agoThere’s also the check connectivity to Internet ping that network manager does. Arch Linux defaults to Arch’s servers, etc.
Number of active users.
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.