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Linux-Announce Digest #109
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Thu Apr 11 12:13:08 2002
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Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 12:13:03 EDT
Linux-Announce Digest #109, Volume #4 Thu, 11 Apr 2002 12:13:03 EDT
Contents:
Reply from Linux usage counter (Linux Counter)
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From: Linux Counter <linux-counter-errors@counter.li.org>
Subject: Reply from Linux usage counter
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 09:05:55 CST
Thank you for using the LINUX usage counter!
Your registration key is: 270510-81637
Your reply goes to: linux-announce@sws1.ctd.ornl.gov
Your key is what you need to update information you have registered
either through email or the counter website, http://counter.li.org/
If any problem is encountered, do not hesitate to E-mail the manager:
Harald@Alvestrand.no
NOTE: The preferred method for accessing counter statistics and for
updating entries is the Web interface, which is available at the
URL http://counter.li.org/
Welcome!
The subject line of your message was Eager to see you.
This did NOT contain the word "Linux".
The counter has unfortunately been the recipient of many sorts
of messages, some of which were not intended as registrations.
Therefore, the subject line MUST include "Linux" to perform a
simple registration.
Please include the word "Linux" in the subject line, perform
a registration using the form below, or register using the
Web forms at http://counter.li.org/ in order to register.
If you have any unusual problems - contact harald@alvestrand.no!
HELP FOR THE LINUX USAGE COUNTER
================================
This message is intended for you to edit, and send right back to the
Linux-counter@uninett.no address.
DO NOT USE "REPLY"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Practice has shown that putting the counter in the Reply-To: or From:
fields of a message is a GREAT way of causing mail loops, and defending
against them is a *lot* of effort. Therefore, this counter does not do it)
There are two ways of registering: Simple and complex.
For the SIMPLE method, simply send a message with the subject line being
one of:
I use Linux at home
I use Linux at work
I use Linux at school
I do not use Linux
You can also do combinations, like "I use Linux at home and at work".
The counter will attempt to guess your country of origin, and count you
accordingly. Information about you will not be made public.
Complex registration
====================
The complex features of the counter are accessed by using commands.
A command looks like (for instance) //MACHINE, and starts in the left
column.
You can register MACHINES, FRIENDS and data about YOURSELF (PERSON).
Below is listed an example of each of the sections, with comments that
aid you in filling them out correctly.
Remember to put the value on the same line as the field name!
Only use the FRIENDS section if it is unlikely that the people will
register themselves!
When the templates are accepted by the daemon, they will be added to the
database. Data will be added even if it is not parsed properly.
They may be thrown out in later duplicate elimination, or you may receive
a query from me regarding the validity of the data, but otherwise, they will
be counted.
You can also register using the WWW forms at
http://domen.uninett.no/~hta/linux/counter.html
You can get a report from the counter by specifying the command
//REPORT <reportname>
The following reports are available:
short - The standard listing of Linux usage, including per-country data
machines - Statistics on registered Linux machines
persons - Persons who use Linux, sorted by country, and some statistics
All these reports are also available by anonymous FTP to aun.uninett.no,
directory pub/misc/linux-counter, or through the World Wide Web at
http://domen.uninett.no/~hta/linux/counter.html
The counter also understands //HELP.
When you use a command, the subject line of the message is *not* recorded
in the counter.
Good luck!
Harald Tveit Alvestrand
Sorry, the record help is out of order
//END
The END command is only required if you have a mailer that adds stuff
below the last line of the message.
This is the Linux Counter summary as of Wed Apr 10 00:56:14 2002
There are 124771 persons registerd.
1407 users have been registered by friends.
There are 94695 machines registered.
I guesstimate that between 0.2% and 5% of all Linux users have
registered with the Linux Counter.
So the total number of Linux users is probably between
2,495,420 and 62,385,500 people.
WHERE LINUX USERS LIVE
The table is sorted by number of Linux users divided by population
No Country Pers Fri Mach P/Mpop Mpop
======================================================================
1 FO Faroe Islands 57 0 8 1299.7 0.0
2 AQ Antarctica 3 0 3 729.0 0.0
3 IS Iceland 187 1 106 691.8 0.3
4 FI Finland 2925 21 2380 572.9 5.1
5 NO Norway 2198 24 2015 501.4 4.4
6 DK Denmark 2475 6 1708 471.5 5.2
7 EE Estonia 683 12 462 468.0 1.5
8 NF Norfolk Island 1 0 0 452.7 0.0
9 SE Sweden 3306 30 3018 371.4 8.9
10 MC Monaco 10 1 9 315.3 0.0
11 LU Luxembourg 108 0 123 259.7 0.4
12 SI Slovenia 455 1 262 233.2 2.0
13 HU Hungary 2145 17 1531 214.4 10.0
14 GI Gibraltar 6 0 6 208.6 0.0
15 NL Netherlands 3247 17 3122 208.6 15.6
16 IE Ireland 695 1 381 194.9 3.6
17 AT Austria 1396 11 1386 174.0 8.0
18 NZ New Zealand 610 0 567 171.9 3.5
19 GL Greenland 10 0 11 171.8 0.1
20 CH Switzerland 1213 10 1279 168.3 7.2
21 LI Liechtenstein 5 0 6 160.7 0.0
22 CA Canada 4501 19 4262 156.2 28.8
23 VG Virgin Islands (British) 2 0 1 151.6 0.0
24 SH Saint Helena 1 0 0 147.4 0.0
25 BE Belgium 1499 512 1247 147.4 10.2
26 PL Poland 5514 23 2805 142.7 38.6
27 AU Australia 2425 18 2410 132.8 18.3
28 AD Andorra 9 0 14 123.7 0.1
29 PW Palau 2 0 1 118.0 0.0
30 CY Cyprus 85 0 24 114.2 0.7
31 DE Germany 9252 81 8564 110.8 83.5
32 US USA 28517 298 26137 107.0 266.5
33 FR France 5345 32 3852 91.7 58.3
34 SG Singapore 306 1 166 90.1 3.4
35 ES Spain 3515 8 1974 89.7 39.2
36 GB Great Britain 4867 43 4651 83.2 58.5
37 SM San Marino 2 0 1 81.6 0.0
38 IL Israel 442 3 307 81.5 5.4
39 BM Bermuda 5 0 0 80.5 0.1
40 PT Portugal 763 3 519 77.3 9.9
41 KR Korea (South) 3487 2 403 76.7 45.5
42 PF French Polynesia 17 0 2 75.6 0.2
43 TC Turks and Caicos Islands 1 0 0 69.9 0.0
44 CZ Czech Republic 700 9 490 67.8 10.3
45 MT Malta 24 0 24 63.9 0.4
46 AW Aruba 4 0 1 59.0 0.1
47 NC New Caledonia 11 0 6 58.6 0.2
48 CR Costa Rica 202 0 78 58.3 3.5
49 KY Cayman Islands 2 0 1 57.7 0.0
50 BG Bulgaria 491 1 278 57.0 8.6
51 IT Italy 3240 35 2534 56.4 57.5
52 LT Lithuania 201 2 148 55.1 3.6
53 SV El Salvador 311 0 43 53.4 5.8
54 UY Uruguay 163 0 96 50.3 3.2
55 RO Romania 1056 11 683 48.8 21.7
56 BR Brazil 7664 18 2925 47.1 162.7
57 BN Brunei 14 0 2 46.7 0.3
58 AG Antigua and Barbuda 3 0 0 45.7 0.1
59 SK Slovakia 241 0 218 44.8 5.4
60 AR Argentina 1357 1 617 39.1 34.7
61 GR Greece 403 5 254 38.2 10.5
62 CL Chile 531 0 265 37.0 14.3
63 LV Latvia 84 0 74 34.0 2.5
64 HR Croatia 168 0 94 33.6 5.0
65 BB Barbados 8 0 11 31.1 0.3
66 BS Bahamas 8 0 3 30.8 0.3
67 MK Macedonia 63 0 26 29.9 2.1
68 MV Maldives 8 0 1 29.5 0.3
69 MX Mexico 2704 6 742 28.2 95.8
70 RE Reunion 19 0 5 28.0 0.7
71 PR Puerto Rico 100 0 46 26.2 3.8
72 GU Guam 4 0 1 25.5 0.2
73 MQ Martinique 10 0 6 25.1 0.4
74 FM Micronesia, Federated States 3 0 0 23.9 0.1
75 BZ Belize 5 0 3 22.8 0.2
76 VE Venezuela 496 0 271 22.6 22.0
77 MU Mauritius 24 0 11 21.0 1.1
78 ZA South Africa 865 1 597 20.7 41.7
79 BH Bahrain 12 0 7 20.3 0.6
80 PA Panama 52 0 29 19.6 2.7
81 MP Northern Mariana Islands 1 0 2 19.1 0.1
82 KW Kuwait 36 0 11 18.5 2.0
83 MY Malaysia 365 4 169 18.3 20.0
84 AE United Arab Emirates 53 0 18 17.3 3.1
85 YU Yugoslavia (Serbia and Monte 184 5 70 17.1 10.8
86 TW Taiwan 365 2 163 17.0 21.5
87 QA Qatar 9 1 4 16.4 0.5
88 CU Cuba 173 1 68 15.8 11.0
89 AN Netherlands Antilles 3 0 2 14.4 0.2
90 ST Sao Tome and Principe 2 0 0 13.9 0.1
91 EH Western Sahara 3 0 2 13.5 0.2
92 CO Colombia 495 1 216 13.4 36.8
93 PY Paraguay 73 0 22 13.3 5.5
94 BA Bosnia and Herzegovina 35 0 15 13.2 2.7
95 SC Seychelles 1 0 2 12.9 0.1
96 RU Russia 1884 12 1079 12.7 148.2
97 LB Lebanon 46 1 13 12.2 3.8
98 DM Dominica 1 0 0 12.1 0.1
99 UA Ukraine 590 4 338 11.6 50.9
100 BY Belarus 118 1 56 11.3 10.4
101 VU Vanuatu 2 0 0 11.3 0.2
102 VI Virgin Islands (U.S.) 1 0 1 10.3 0.1
103 EC Ecuador 112 0 31 9.8 11.5
104 TT Trinidad and Tobago 12 1 5 9.4 1.3
105 TO Tonga 1 0 1 9.4 0.1
106 AM Armenia 32 0 12 9.2 3.5
107 CV Cape Verde 4 0 0 8.9 0.4
108 BO Bolivia 63 0 43 8.8 7.2
109 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenad 1 0 0 8.4 0.1
110 GY Guyana 6 0 6 8.4 0.7
111 NA Namibia 14 0 9 8.3 1.7
112 PE Peru 203 0 47 8.3 24.5
113 TN Tunisia 73 0 20 8.1 9.0
114 MO Macau 4 0 6 8.1 0.5
115 JM Jamaica 20 0 6 7.7 2.6
116 TR Turkey 473 1 216 7.6 62.5
117 SR Suriname 3 0 4 6.9 0.4
118 PH Philippines 480 2 148 6.4 74.5
119 NI Nicaragua 24 0 13 5.6 4.3
120 DO Dominican Republic 45 0 39 5.6 8.1
121 GT Guatemala 57 0 22 5.1 11.3
122 CM Cameroon 69 0 17 4.8 14.3
123 MD Moldova 21 0 16 4.7 4.5
124 GE Georgia 19 0 23 3.6 5.2
125 MN Mongolia 9 0 7 3.6 2.5
126 JO Jordan 15 0 3 3.6 4.2
127 KZ Kazakhstan 59 0 28 3.5 16.9
128 HN Honduras 19 0 9 3.4 5.6
129 KG Kyrgyzstan 15 0 8 3.3 4.5
130 TH Thailand 167 1 78 2.8 58.9
131 PS Palestine 7 0 0 2.7 2.6
132 SA Saudi Arabia 50 0 9 2.6 19.4
133 GA Gabon 3 0 6 2.6 1.2
134 AL Albania 8 1 5 2.5 3.2
135 NP Nepal 53 0 8 2.4 22.1
136 ID Indonesia 494 9 177 2.4 206.6
137 JP Japan 294 1 211 2.3 125.4
138 AZ Azerbaijan 17 0 2 2.2 7.7
139 IN India 2074 2 598 2.2 952.1
140 BW Botswana 3 0 0 2.0 1.5
141 LK Sri Lanka 37 0 10 2.0 18.6
142 IR Iran 121 0 23 1.8 66.1
143 KM Comoros 1 0 0 1.8 0.6
144 ZW Zimbabwe 18 0 9 1.6 11.3
145 EG Egypt 101 0 26 1.6 63.6
146 DZ Algeria 44 0 22 1.5 29.2
147 OM Oman 3 0 2 1.4 2.2
148 UZ Uzbekistan 31 0 17 1.3 23.4
149 FJ Fiji 1 0 2 1.3 0.8
150 PK Pakistan 149 0 32 1.2 129.3
151 LY Libya 6 0 0 1.1 5.4
152 KE Kenya 31 0 6 1.1 28.2
153 CI Cote d'Ivoire 15 0 6 1.0 14.8
154 SZ Swaziland 1 0 0 1.0 1.0
155 ZM Zambia 9 0 4 1.0 9.2
156 MA Morocco 28 0 20 0.9 29.8
157 PG Papua New Guinea 4 0 2 0.9 4.4
158 VN Vietnam 60 0 10 0.8 74.0
159 SN Senegal 7 0 6 0.8 9.1
160 SY Syria 11 0 0 0.7 15.6
161 CN China 808 1 240 0.7 1210.0
162 MG Madagascar 9 0 5 0.7 13.7
163 LA Laos 3 0 3 0.6 5.0
164 ER Eritrea 2 0 0 0.6 3.4
165 NE Niger 4 0 4 0.4 9.1
166 TG Togo 2 0 1 0.4 4.6
167 BD Bangladesh 43 0 15 0.3 123.1
168 HT Haiti 2 0 0 0.3 6.7
169 MM Myanmar 13 0 7 0.3 46.0
170 GH Ghana 5 0 1 0.3 17.7
171 TM Turkmenistan 1 0 0 0.2 4.1
172 YE Yemen 3 0 1 0.2 13.5
173 KH Cambodia 2 0 0 0.2 10.9
174 TZ Tanzania 5 0 0 0.2 29.1
175 TJ Tajikistan 1 0 1 0.2 5.9
176 NG Nigeria 17 0 1 0.2 103.9
177 UG Uganda 3 0 0 0.1 20.2
178 RW Rwanda 1 0 0 0.1 6.9
179 SD Sudan 4 0 1 0.1 31.5
180 MZ Mozambique 2 0 0 0.1 17.9
181 ML Mali 1 0 1 0.1 9.7
182 BF Burkina Faso 1 0 2 0.1 10.6
183 AF Afghanistan 1 0 0 0.0 22.7
184 ET Ethiopia 2 0 0 0.0 57.2
185 XW The World (Somewhere in it) 143 71 0 0.0 5771.9
186 TP East Timor 9 0 0 0.0 0.0
WHERE PEOPLE USE LINUX
Place Users Percent
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home 112055 91.23%
school 29616 24.11%
not used 2 0.00%
somewhere 413 0.34%
work 66953 54.51%
==============================
TOTAL 122830 100.00%
NOTE: The total is the 122830 users who answered this question.
Some gave more than one answer, so the number of answers is 209039
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