Re: estamated number of Linux users?

2017-10-27 Thread Michael Lange 
On Fri, 27 Oct 2017 20:37:22 +0200
"Thomas Schmitt"  wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Phil Dobbin wrote:
> > Kingsley Amis on his loss of libido when he turned fifty
> 
> Not a problem any more in our times of digital wonders.
> In case of loss, simply re-install
>   https://packages.debian.org/stretch/libido3-0.1-0
 ^^^

Wow, that sounds like one even gets a third gonad for free :))

scnr

Michael


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Re: estamated number of Linux users?

2017-10-27 Thread Terence 
Done that, Phil, but can't see any change on my boot-up speed, nor in my
response time.

What else can you suggest?

Feeling down,

Saki

On 27 October 2017 at 21:03, Phil Dobbin  wrote:

> On 27/10/17 19:37, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Phil Dobbin wrote:
> >> Kingsley Amis on his loss of libido when he turned fifty
> >
> > Not a problem any more in our times of digital wonders.
> > In case of loss, simply re-install
> >   https://packages.debian.org/stretch/libido3-0.1-0
>
> :-)
>
> Cheers,
>
>   Phil.
>
> --
> "For 50 years it was like being chained to an idiot"
> Kingsley Amis on his loss of libido when he turned fifty
>
> https://www.linuxcounter.net/cert/550036.png
>
>

Re: estamated number of Linux users?

2017-10-27 Thread Phil Dobbin 
On 27/10/17 19:37, Thomas Schmitt wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Phil Dobbin wrote:
>> Kingsley Amis on his loss of libido when he turned fifty
> 
> Not a problem any more in our times of digital wonders.
> In case of loss, simply re-install
>   https://packages.debian.org/stretch/libido3-0.1-0

:-)

Cheers,

  Phil.

-- 
"For 50 years it was like being chained to an idiot"
Kingsley Amis on his loss of libido when he turned fifty

https://www.linuxcounter.net/cert/550036.png



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Re: estamated number of Linux users?

2017-10-27 Thread x9p 

On 2017-10-27 16:41, John Hasler wrote:

Ric writes:

I wouldn't demean the Linux Counter effort calling it "Utterly
useless".


It's a simple statement of fact.  The Linux Counter data is utterly
useless for the purpose of estimating the number of Linux users.


:%s/Linux/active Linux/g

Re: estamated number of Linux users?

2017-10-27 Thread John Hasler 
Ric writes:
> I wouldn't demean the Linux Counter effort calling it "Utterly
> useless".

It's a simple statement of fact.  The Linux Counter data is utterly
useless for the purpose of estimating the number of Linux users.
-- 
John Hasler 
jhas...@newsguy.com
Elmwood, WI USA

Re: estamated number of Linux users?

2017-10-27 Thread Thomas Schmitt 
Hi,

Phil Dobbin wrote:
> Kingsley Amis on his loss of libido when he turned fifty

Not a problem any more in our times of digital wonders.
In case of loss, simply re-install
  https://packages.debian.org/stretch/libido3-0.1-0


Have a nice day :)

Thomas

Re: estamated number of Linux users?

2017-10-27 Thread Phil Dobbin 
On 27/10/17 17:27, Ric Moore wrote:

> On 10/26/2017 11:21 PM, John Hasler wrote:
>> Celejar writes:
>>> https://www.linuxcounter.net/
>>> I don't know how meaningful its data are.
>>
>> Utterly useless.
> 
> I wouldn't demean the Linux Counter effort calling it "Utterly useless".
> Those folks have maintained the site since 1999 or so. It is what it
> is... a database of users who have bothered to have themselves counted
> as a Linux User. They don't claim to be anything else. Ric

I totally agree. It's pretty low to demean people's efforts at all but
especially people who are giving up their time to further a project dear
to us all.

Cheers,

  Phil.

-- 
"For 50 years it was like being chained to an idiot"
Kingsley Amis on his loss of libido when he turned fifty

https://www.linuxcounter.net/cert/550036.png



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Re: estamated number of Linux users?

2017-10-27 Thread x9p 

On 2017-10-27 14:27, Ric Moore wrote:

On 10/26/2017 11:21 PM, John Hasler wrote:

Celejar writes:

https://www.linuxcounter.net/
I don't know how meaningful its data are.


Utterly useless.


I wouldn't demean the Linux Counter effort calling it "Utterly
useless". Those folks have maintained the site since 1999 or so. It is
what it is... a database of users who have bothered to have themselves
counted as a Linux User. They don't claim to be anything else. Ric


Just for the fun of it, if really interested on that, maybe build a 
script to parse the archives of the public mailing lists for the main 
Linux distros, getting the last active unique emails for the past 6 
months... and count them.


just an idea tough...

Re: estamated number of Linux users?

2017-10-27 Thread Ric Moore 

On 10/26/2017 11:21 PM, John Hasler wrote:

Celejar writes:

https://www.linuxcounter.net/
I don't know how meaningful its data are.


Utterly useless.


I wouldn't demean the Linux Counter effort calling it "Utterly useless". 
Those folks have maintained the site since 1999 or so. It is what it 
is... a database of users who have bothered to have themselves counted 
as a Linux User. They don't claim to be anything else. Ric




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"There are two Great Sins in the world...
..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
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Re: estamated number of Linux users?

2017-10-27 Thread Alessandro Vesely 
On Fri 27/Oct/2017 05:21:48 +0200 John Hasler wrote:
> Celejar writes:
>> https://www.linuxcounter.net/
>> I don't know how meaningful its data are.
> 
> Utterly useless.

Er... why was the OP looking for that data?

Ale
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Re: estamated number of Linux users?

2017-10-26 Thread Anthony DeRobertis 

On 10/26/2017 09:38 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:

Hi all,
Any place where this number exists?  I would include those companies 
and web professionals, using Linux servers as apart of their craft?


This isn't an easy question to answer, or probably even a meaningful 
one, especially because it's easy to be a Linux user without knowing it. 
E.g., most consumer WiFi routers run Linux. Android phones & tablets run 
Linux. Chromebooks run Linux. A lot of set-top boxes run Linux. That's 
several billion Linux users from those alone.


You'll have even more issues determining what it means to say a company 
use Linux.


Once you've figured out what you mean by a "Linux user", there are 
probably some estimates, of varying quality using various methodologies.

Re: estamated number of Linux users?

2017-10-26 Thread John Hasler 
Celejar writes:
> https://www.linuxcounter.net/
> I don't know how meaningful its data are.

Utterly useless.
-- 
John Hasler 
jhas...@newsguy.com
Elmwood, WI USA

Re: estamated number of Linux users?

2017-10-26 Thread Celejar 
On Thu, 26 Oct 2017 21:38:15 -0400 (EDT)
Karen Lewellen  wrote:

> Hi all,
> Any place where this number exists?  I would include those companies and 
> web professionals, using Linux servers as apart of their craft?

https://www.linuxcounter.net/

I don't know how meaningful its data are.

> Thanks,
> Karen

Celejar