Hello, All...
I noticed something some time ago, and has recently become a great puzzle to me. Distros go up and down the list at Distrowatch. (A fantastic source of distro information.)
The "User Average Rating" for each distro (shown on each distro's listing sheet) is quite interesting now. Not only is it interesting because of how a distro is "considered" by Users but because there is often an unusual tie back to the distro's parent (and it's Rating).
What puzzles me most is the Rank can often be quite different to the Rating (by the Users). There is no pointing at Distrowatch here. I am only looking at "the numbers".
With regard to those considerations below are distros that I find interesting to look at.
Explanation first:
I picked out...
* the top distros by their current top-10 ranking (I use MX-linux. It's great.)
* Then the next 4 distros (for interest because they get mentioned a bit around the place too)
* Next I pulled out Antix (which I like too)
* PClinuxOS (a good distro of Mandrake origins)
* Puppy (often mentioned, with broad software capability in small footprint)
* Ubuntu MATE (as comparison to parent)
* Slackware (a diehard)
* Mageia (another Mandrake origin, and one I use sometimes)
* ROSA (another Mandrake origin, and another favourite of mine)
PHP Code:
Rank Distro Visitor Number of
Avg Rating Reviews
1 Manjaro 8.64 682
2 Mint 8.63 626
3 Ubuntu 7.49 344
4 Elementary 8.72 136
5 MX 9.52 373
6 Debian 8.42 378
7 Solus 8.64 296
8 Fedora 8.44 258
9 OpenSUSE 8.82 245
10 Zorin 7.85 178
11 Antergos 8.44 208
12 Centos 8.83 40
13 Arch 9.26 224
14 ReactOS 4.78 58
17 Antix 9.01 78
20 PClinuxOS 8.94 155
24 Puppy 9.29 76
25 Ubuntu-MATE 9.27 153
29 Slackware 9.61 140
38 Mageia 8.47 108
89 ROSA 9.07 55
Of the list here I find peculiar:
* Slackware at rank # 29 with the highest User Rating.
* MX at rank # 5 but 2nd highest User Rating.
* Puppy, Ubuntu and ROSA with very high User Rating at bizarre low rankings.
* Some higher ranked distros with low User Ratings.
* Some lower ranked distros with high-to-outstanding User Ratings.
P.S.
I have done nothing to change or influence User Ratings, and I would hope they have not been influenced.
Just thought this would be of interest. (No flames intended or wanted. Just sayin'.)
Kind Regards,
boombaby
