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08-05-2014, 02:36 AM
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Registered: Jul 2012
Location: Slovenia
Distribution: Debian 9 GNOME
Posts: 55
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Guesstimate: Which has more users, Debian or openSUSE?
Hey. As the thread states.
Which would you say has more users, Debian, or openSUSE?
Regards,
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08-05-2014, 04:11 AM
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Member
Registered: Aug 2009
Location: /Universe/Earth/India/Pune
Distribution: Slackware64 -Current
Posts: 890
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How does that matter anyways?
Regards.
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08-05-2014, 09:29 AM
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Moderator
Registered: Jan 2005
Location: Central Florida 20 minutes from Disney World
Distribution: SlackwareŽ
Posts: 13,976
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Moderator Response
Moved: This thread is more suitable in <Linux - Distributions> and has been moved accordingly to help your thread/question get the exposure it deserves.
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08-05-2014, 09:31 AM
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LQ 5k Club
Registered: Jan 2006
Location: Oldham, Lancs, England
Distribution: Slackware64 15; SlackwareARM-current (aarch64); Debian 12
Posts: 8,311
Rep: 
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I would guess Debian. Do I win a prize if I'm right?  |
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08-05-2014, 11:00 AM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Nov 2010
Location: Colorado
Distribution: OpenSUSE, CentOS
Posts: 5,573
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Probably Debian since it's often used in professional applications for servers while openSUSE is really more of a desktop OS (IMO). Not really sure I understand the point of the question though...
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08-05-2014, 03:57 PM
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LQ Muse
Registered: Aug 2005
Location: A2 area Mi.
Posts: 17,687
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this is an "apples and oranges" question
Debian and OpenSUSE have very DIFFERENT user base and target user
a closer one
a "granny Smith" VS "Red Delicious"
a apple VS apple
would be Debian VS RHEL
Last edited by John VV; 08-05-2014 at 03:58 PM.
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08-06-2014, 10:33 AM
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LQ Veteran
Registered: Jul 2006
Location: London
Distribution: PCLinuxOS, Salix
Posts: 6,243
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Total forum membership:
Debian 33,952
OpenSUSE 33,116
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08-06-2014, 06:53 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: May 2011
Location: Hiding somewhere on planet Earth.
Distribution: No distribution. OpenBSD operating system
Posts: 1,711
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+ the other Debian forum - 760 = 34,712.
So we now have the total number of people who have registered on fora and:
Are still there.
Have left the fora and still use those distributions.
Have left the fora and no longer use the distributions.
Multiple accounts registered to the same people.
No record of the thousands of users who have never registered with the fora.
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08-06-2014, 07:19 PM
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Moderator
Registered: Mar 2008
Posts: 22,361
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Suse and Opensuse are used in many commercial instances. HP and other big companies offer Suse. The question isn't really complete unless Suse is included.
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08-07-2014, 11:19 AM
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LQ Veteran
Registered: Jul 2006
Location: London
Distribution: PCLinuxOS, Salix
Posts: 6,243
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I'm registered at the Debian forum: I used it (very briefly) when I was (a bit) younger and (a lot) more foolish.  |
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08-07-2014, 11:41 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Feb 2011
Location: Massachusetts, USA
Distribution: Fedora
Posts: 4,316
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The http://distrowatch.com/ page hit ranking has:
Code:
Debian 1705
openSUSE 1151
if that means anything. Mint is #1. |
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08-07-2014, 11:59 AM
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LQ Addict
Registered: Dec 2011
Location: UK
Distribution: Debian Sid AMD64, Raspbian Wheezy, various VMs
Posts: 7,680
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DavidMcCann
I'm registered at the Debian forum: I used it (very briefly) when I was (a bit) younger and (a lot) more foolish. |
I've used it also but stopped as I was given far more useful answers on here. I've found the Debian IRC channels helpful though. |
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08-07-2014, 03:49 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: May 2011
Location: Hiding somewhere on planet Earth.
Distribution: No distribution. OpenBSD operating system
Posts: 1,711
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DavidMcCann
I'm registered at the Debian forum: I used it (very briefly) when I was (a bit) younger and (a lot) more foolish. |
A lot more foolish? Cannot argue with that, although the big Debian forum can be a good source of entertainment. The smaller forum is better quality, but not much activity. I am foolish enough to participate on both. |
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08-08-2014, 04:08 PM
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Member
Registered: Jul 2012
Location: Slovenia
Distribution: Debian 9 GNOME
Posts: 55
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Thanks for your input, guys. I'm still trying to figure out the popularity of some distros, as everything behind Ubuntu is a bit vague...or is it somehow even?
Regards, |
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08-08-2014, 04:14 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Dec 2004
Posts: 1,222
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FWIW, I use both (and I guess a lot of people too). Though to be honest, I use mostly Debian.
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