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Measuring the popularity of distros â Part 3 Torrents
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| Continuing on with the theme of measuring
| the popularity of Linux distros, today
| weâll go for another method. Linux Tracker
| is a website that provides a bit torrent
| tracker for various Linux distros and
| related projects.
|
| Another way of measuring popularity is to
| look at the number of seeders and leechers
| a torrent has (the number of people
| uploading/downloading the torrent at that
| moment) and the number of downloads it has
| had.
|
| While the only takes a smaller fraction of
| the downloads, as most people prefer to use
| HTTP downloads. These will also cater to
| the slightly more technically aware, as
| downloading via bit torrent is not quite as
| simple as downloading via HTTP. Another
| issue is that it is possible (and
| encouraged) for one person to be seeding
| multiple torrents at once, so someone could
| be seeding every single Ubuntu torrent on
| the site, even though it is only 1 user.
| Conversely someone could have downloaded
| the disc straight and then not seeded it at
| all. Projects with lots of DVDs/CDs (such
| as Ubuntu and Debian) will have more
| seeders together than a project with only 1
| or 2 CDs.
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http://thelinuxblog.net/linux/measuring-the-popularity-of-distros-part-3-torrents/
The Spring 2010 Linux Distro Scorecard (Part 2)
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| Remember, there is no wrong choice.
| Whatever distro suits you best is the right
| one for you, so if you're happy with a
| distro that didn't get a high score (or
| isn't listed here) that's OK. It's
| impossible to objectively say "this
| distribution is the best one, period." The
| goal here is to set out a roadmap for new
| Linux users or experienced Linux users that
| may not be fully happy with their current
| distro.
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http://www.linux.com/news/enterprise/biz-enterprise/313442-the-spring-2010-linux-distro-scorecard-part-2
Recent:
Ubuntu vs. Fedora: The Latest Versions Square Off
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| Ubuntu regularly claims to be the most
| popular Linux distribution. But, if so,
| Fedora is a competitive second. Both have
| thriving communities and are a major
| source of free and open source software
| innovation.
|
| Regularly, you can read on mailing lists
| of users having grown discontented with
| one and deciding to migrate to the other.
| In many users' minds, each is an
| alternative to the other.
|
| [...]
|
| Both Fedora and Ubuntu are GNOME-centered
| distributions, with KDE, Xfce, and other
| desktops as alternatives. Fedora has
| included fresh art for each new release
| for several years now, so its wallpaper
| compares favorably with Ubuntu's much-
| discussed new color-coded scheme.
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http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3882881
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