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Fedora Core 6 Hits 2 Million Installs

Posted by Hemos on from the grats-2-u dept.

spevack writes "Fedora Core 6 reached 2 million installations on Monday, approximately 4.5 months after its release. This number is based on unique IP addresses that connect back to Fedora's servers for updates, with more detailed discussion on their wiki's statistics page."

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  1. vs Ubuntu by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I'm just curious how that number would stack up to ubuntu which claims to be the most popular distro because of the number of hits it receives on distrowatch.com

  2. How pithy by Petersko · · Score: 2, Interesting

    "You should probably RTFA."

    I did. Unlike you, apparently, I really read it. They kind of get a feeling from things and stuff they hear that maybe multiple people behind single IP's outnumber single people behind multiple IP's, but they don't really know and haven't really counted. They've just chosen to believe. Doesn't that sum it up?

    If Microsoft made a claim on such a basis they'd be lambasted.

  3. The Danger by mpapet · · Score: 2, Interesting

    In stating these numbers is it puts a "market size" on Linux. This sets a dangerous precedent.

    How can that be? Well you see, any corporation or trust-fund baby having the slightest relationship to operating systems buys market research. They know with a little confidence how much, how many and how often computer-things sell. This is the stuff that CEO's and their wanna-be brethren eat for breakfast lunch and dinner.

    Once Linux distros are stuck into the "how much, how many, how often" blender, there will be a mixed-bag of consequences. For example:

    1. What are the top 3 distro's. Winners and Losers (or is it loosers?) will be chosen. The depth and variety of distros will suffer.

    2. How much money is the Linux market making?
    3. How fast is the market for Linux products growing?

    2+3 = dot-com bubble and all the baggage that went with it.

    Remain out of reach of the CEO-class and there's no target, no winners, no losers, just an amorphous thing called Linux that's diverse, active and everywhere.

    --
    http://www.maxineudall.com/2010/02/should-economists-be-sued-for-malpractice.html
  4. Re:Hey all you trendy Ubuntu-ites! by Emetophobe · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You know, if linux ever wants to become more popular, linux distros (and users) need to stop fighting amongst themselves. Who cares if you like Ubuntu better than Fedora? We need to stick together, even if we are "apart" distro-wise. Why must people attack others Operating System of choice? To make yourself feel better about your own OS choice? Quite sad really...