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Make the Debian CDs Better by Installing popcon

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the best-of-the-best dept.

JayBonci writes "Not popcorn, popcon! (Short for popularity-contest) According to a recent message posted to debian-devel-announce, popcon numbers are being used to determine how things get arranged on the 13 CDs of the upcoming Debian stable release. Participation so far has been good, but the project could use more numbers from a broader user base. Please take a moment to install the package 'popularity-contest,' and help us make the distro better by allowing it to send us anonymous package usage statistics. You can see the results at Popularity Contest page."

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  1. I have this... by byolinux · · Score: 5, Funny

    Here's hoping I can get xbill to the top of the list.

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    1. Re:I have this... by tmillard · · Score: 3, Funny

      I love xbill. You just shoot tomatotes at Mr. Gates.

      It remindes me of a dart game I saw on the Apple OS.

    2. Re:I have this... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      It says the fact that people have been over Bill. Now they are waiting for someone to come up an xdarl sort of thing.

  2. Re:13 CD's!? by byolinux · · Score: 1, Funny

    I don't have a DVD ROM drive you insensitive clod!

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  3. Re:This is a really good idea by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 1, Funny

    As a Linux newbie (currently don't have Linux installed, but have used it and plan to install it soon), it would be nice to know which are the most popular packages

    I think kernel-image*.deb and libc6*.dev rate quite high.

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  4. And this by JoeBaldwin · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is when using Debian to install gnaughty bites you in the ass.

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  5. Someone has to say it.. by 3DKnight · · Score: 5, Funny

    I would still go with Popcorn.. at least their kernels taste better!

    oh, i kill me...

  6. Not "popcorn"? by nacturation · · Score: 1, Funny

    I was hoping to read how to get popcorn from the kernel.

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    1. Re:Not "popcorn"? by polymath69 · · Score: 3, Funny
      I was hoping to read how to get popcorn from the kernel.

      Popcorn comes from kernels. Just place 'em on your Athlon.

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  7. Re:This is a really good idea by C10H14N2 · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's pretty easy. 90% of the packages are installed by less, usually FAR less, than half the users. Although, I must admit I found it humorous that the package tracking the usage was installed by less than the total number of users ostensibly reporting.

    WTF?

  8. I don't trust it. by Mr.+Darl+McBride · · Score: 5, Funny
    The results are rigged!!!

    emacs: (emacsen-common) -- 317th place
    vi: (nvi) -- 208th place

    I'd sooner believe we awarded Bush the popular vote!

  9. Partial list of most popular apps... by cliffiecee · · Score: 4, Funny

    gawk
    talk
    date
    wine
    grep
    unzip
    strip
    touch
    finger
    mount
    fsck
    more
    yes
    eject
    umount
    sl eep

    (Stop groaning. Someone had to do it.)

  10. Re:This is a really good idea by Orgazmus · · Score: 1, Funny

    Or if you want to do your work without having too boot up at 6 in the morning for gnome and emacs to be ready at 8, you use xfce4 and jed ;)

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  11. Re:This is a really good idea by martin-boundary · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe one of the package's source code contributors is a Diebold employee?

  12. popanal.py? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    After installing popcon, I decided to take a look at the documentation. And in /usr/share/doc/popularity-contest/examples/README. examples I found this:

    >Now you can do, for example:
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    > cat popcon-entries/*/* | popanal.py

    Nice. This has to be the most homoerotic thing I've ever seen.. let's slip something into the pipe to pop the anal pie.

  13. I dunno.. by destiney · · Score: 1, Funny


    I never tried Debian. Does it run on Gentoo?