I Think Ubuntu 23.10 is Making a Mistake
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The next version of the world's most popular desktop Linux operating system (that's Ubuntu, for those playing dumb) comes with fewer apps available
  • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
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    2 years ago

    Is this supposed to be a cocky joke? I can’t tell. What metric of “most popular” is the author usiing?

    Number of active users.

    • 20gramsWrench@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      2 years ago

      those numbers are nonexistent for most distribution, since forcing telemetry isn’t really a cool move in the free software world

      • ichbinjasokreativ@beehaw.org
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        2 years ago

        The number of IPs hitting their software repos can be a decent way of estimating active users. Also, ISO downloads and so on.

        • notfromhere@lemmy.one
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          2 years ago

          There’s also the check connectivity to Internet ping that network manager does. Arch Linux defaults to Arch’s servers, etc.