Re: How many use Linux: was[LyX] explicit mail subject
It would be interesting for the Lyx website to collect this info. I assume the posting contains a typo, and should read: They can record OS statistics, **unless** they are hidden by the user. (When top posting starts, let top posting continue (8-). jon On Fri, 2009-09-11 at 21:06 +0200, Murat Yildizoglu wrote: > Well, Lyx Website hit statistics could give a very rough idea maybe. > They can record OS statistics, if they are hidden by the user. > > 2009/9/11 Andrew Sullivan : > > On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 11:42:22AM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > >> assumption. Does anyone know the percentages of LyX users on: > > > > Given that it is free software and therefore nearly impossible to know > > what the user community size is, knowing the relative sizes of > > segments of the population seems to be a little ambitious.
Re: How many use Linux: was[LyX] explicit mail subject
On 09/11/2009 03:06 PM, Murat Yildizoglu wrote: Well, Lyx Website hit statistics could give a very rough idea maybe. They can record OS statistics, if they are hidden by the user. You could get a decent sense of the Windows and Mac populations from download statistics, but not so much with Linux, since Linux users will generally get LyX via their distro's packaging system, and we don't have any very good way to get that kind of info. What we might hope is that, as people start to use more and more FOSS software---Firefox, Thunderbird, LyX, etc---then perhaps they will figure, hey, maybe free isn't so bad. Maybe free is good. Maybe I should try Linux, too. rh
Re: How many use Linux: was[LyX] explicit mail subject
Paul A. Rubin wrote: Steve Litt wrote: On Friday 11 September 2009 09:58:04 Murray Eisenberg wrote: But only a fraction of folks use Unix/Linux! I've always assumed that fraction was about 4/5 but never examined that assumption. Does anyone know the percentages of LyX users on: Linux Windows Mac BSD Other Just to start the ball rolling, I've always used LyX on Linux (since 2001) and am currently using it on Ubuntu 9.0.4. Just to kick the ball out of bounds, how do you count cross-platform users? I have it on one XP box and two Ubuntu boxes, and I use it heavily under both OSes. When I first came across LyX (which goes back far enough that the only Windows version was a port that required Cygwin), Linux users vastly outnumbered Windows users. From list traffic, I suspect Linux is still prevalent (followed by Windows, then Mac), but the "vastly" is likely no longer true. /Paul Well, I have it on a ubuntu 9.04 Thinkpad, a Mint Gloria eePC, a MacBook Pro, and two XP desktops (which have Mint Gloria running under Virtulisation also running Lyx) So work that one out :-) Graham
Re: How many use Linux: was[LyX] explicit mail subject
Well, Lyx Website hit statistics could give a very rough idea maybe. They can record OS statistics, if they are hidden by the user. 2009/9/11 Andrew Sullivan : > On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 11:42:22AM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: >> assumption. Does anyone know the percentages of LyX users on: > > Given that it is free software and therefore nearly impossible to know > what the user community size is, knowing the relative sizes of > segments of the population seems to be a little ambitious. > > -- > Andrew Sullivan > a...@shinkuro.com > Shinkuro, Inc. > -- Prof. Murat Yildizoglu Université Paul Cézanne (Aix-Marseille 3) GREQAM (UMR CNRS 6579) Centre de la Vieille Charité 2, rue de la Charité 13236 Marseille cedex 02 Bureau 320 Tel : +33 4 91 14 07 27 (standard) Tel : +33 4 91 14 07 70 (secrétariat) Tel : +33 4 91 14 07 47 (bureau) Fax : +33 4 91 90 02 27 e-mail: murat.yildizo...@univ-cezanne.fr www : http://www.vcharite.univ-mrs.fr/PP/yildi/index.html http://www.twitter.com/yildizoglu __
Re: How many use Linux: was[LyX] explicit mail subject
On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 11:42:22AM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > assumption. Does anyone know the percentages of LyX users on: Given that it is free software and therefore nearly impossible to know what the user community size is, knowing the relative sizes of segments of the population seems to be a little ambitious. -- Andrew Sullivan a...@shinkuro.com Shinkuro, Inc.
Re: How many use Linux: was[LyX] explicit mail subject
Steve Litt wrote: On Friday 11 September 2009 09:58:04 Murray Eisenberg wrote: But only a fraction of folks use Unix/Linux! I've always assumed that fraction was about 4/5 but never examined that assumption. Does anyone know the percentages of LyX users on: Linux Windows Mac BSD Other Just to start the ball rolling, I've always used LyX on Linux (since 2001) and am currently using it on Ubuntu 9.0.4. Just to kick the ball out of bounds, how do you count cross-platform users? I have it on one XP box and two Ubuntu boxes, and I use it heavily under both OSes. When I first came across LyX (which goes back far enough that the only Windows version was a port that required Cygwin), Linux users vastly outnumbered Windows users. From list traffic, I suspect Linux is still prevalent (followed by Windows, then Mac), but the "vastly" is likely no longer true. /Paul
How many use Linux: was[LyX] explicit mail subject
On Friday 11 September 2009 09:58:04 Murray Eisenberg wrote: > But only a fraction of folks use Unix/Linux! I've always assumed that fraction was about 4/5 but never examined that assumption. Does anyone know the percentages of LyX users on: Linux Windows Mac BSD Other Just to start the ball rolling, I've always used LyX on Linux (since 2001) and am currently using it on Ubuntu 9.0.4. SteveT Steve Litt Recession Relief Package http://www.recession-relief.US Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt
