Hi, I've tried to craft an hypothesis about number of Debian users, from apt-listbugs logs. I've analysed merkel.debian.org access logs. Since etch was released, 30000 unique IPs were used to access merkel.debian.org using apt-listbugs. According to popcon, 3% of all Debian users install apt-listbugs. Let me add three simplifications to the equation.
(A) popcon models Debian user installation behavior reasonably well. (B) A unique IP represents a single system (Even though DHCP may change IP address over a month's period, NAT may share IP addresses). (C) All users are using Debian etch, lenny, or sid. I can assume there are 1,000,000 Debian users worldwide. Does this number sound big or small to you? This is a wild extrapolation, so the number is pretty unreliable, especially the usage of popcon is too small to be significant; however, I do not know of a better way to estimate the number of Debian users. I've initially posted this info on my blog[1] entry, but I'm reposting it here, since it is probably more interesting to a wider audience, and interesting source of discussion, which a blog is not quite suited. [1] http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/diary/daily/2007-May-9.html.en#2007-May-9-21:13:02 regards, junichi -- [EMAIL PROTECTED],netfort.gr.jp} Debian Project -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
