A classical trivia question: how many copies of Penguin there are out there?
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A classical trivia question: how many copies of Penguin there are out there?
Well, it's a DIFFICULT question.
If I had ask for Windows or Mac OS X, apart from industrial secret, it's not so an hell to answer: you count selled copies.
But Linux distribution model make it a non trivial question: you can download the kernel and make your distribution, you can modify an existing one, so many distroes are out there to consolidate data, and if you burn a copy of your Penguin for aunt Chessy, no NSA agent will knock at your door.
But, wanna we try the same and extimate?
Kisses,
More every day. That's enough information for me..
LOL
Well, b0uncer, be an angel, a friend of mine is doing a school research.... don't you believe it quite a shame to assign a research it resembles a telequiz?
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Well, b0uncer, be an angel, a friend of mine is doing a school research.... don't you believe it quite a shame to assign a research it resembles a telequiz?
Not really a shame, this research project will get someone to look at all the different flavours, and hopefully look deeper into their differences, i wish i had projects like that when i was at college.
I dont think you can put an accurate count on it, because you'd have to count every distro ever, since some may still be in service. A good guestimate, and citing the most popular ones would be your best bet
Linux is about 3.5% of the total number of connections in August, 2006.
If you know the number of windows XP computer (75.2%), you can estimate the number of linux computers with this rule :
linux computers = windows computers * 3.5 / 75.2
Roughly, there are 20 Windows computers for one linux computer. Weird, isn't it?
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