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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. Re:This is a really good idea by Mr.+Darl+McBride · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Rosco P. Coltrane, you are a wit! Git git git hee hee hee! Now GET them DUKE boys!!!

  2. Re:This is a really good idea by byolinux · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    what hardware you running there? i'm on an old p3-500 with 128mb and it's all booted and ready in like 4-5 mins.

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  3. Re:This is a really good idea by Orgazmus · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And of course, I didnt fatten up the times a bit to make a point.
    Gnome feels sluggish.

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  4. OT: Signature by Diamon · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Please move your signature to the actual signature field (accessible here) so that those of us that don't want to see you spam can have it filtered out by turning off sigs.

  5. And for those interested in PopCORN.... by Stephen+Samuel · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I have a web page on my website describing how to make popcorn the oldfashioned way. (i.e. oil, and a big pot). Includes some flavouring suggestions, too.

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