Fedora Core 6 Linux Eclipses 2M User Mark

taharka res00vl8 at alltel.net
Wed Mar 7 18:24:33 UTC 2007


March 7, 2007
Fedora Core 6 Linux Eclipses 2M User Mark
By Sean Michael Kerner

Red Hat's Fedora Core 6 Linux distribution has reached another big
milestone, racking up two million installed users barely two months
after tallying 1 million installed users.

With the new threshold crossing, it is unclear whether Fedora 6 is the
No. 1 Linux distribution in use today, but internetnews.com has learned
that preliminary discussions are underway that could see Novell's
OpenSUSE Linux distribution partner with Red Hat's Fedora to drive open
statistics about Linux use.

Rather than tracking downloads, Fedora tracks the number of unique IP
addresses that check in with Fedora's repositories for updates, Fedora
Project Leader Max Spevack told internetnews.com.

By measuring unique IP addresses, Fedora is able to determine active
installed instances of Fedora Core 6. Fedora then posts the results on
its stats wiki.

For the Fedora 7 release, which is currently in development, developers
are setting the bar even higher with a new profiling tool called Smolt.

Spevack said Smolt is an anonymous, opt-in profiling tool that lets
Fedora know what hardware users have in addition to knowing the
installed base number.

Full article at;
http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3663951

taharka

Lexington, Kentucky U.S.A.





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