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> On Aug 16, 2016, at 04:42, Narcis Garcia <informat...@actiu.net> wrote: > > I perform many hundreds of GNU/Linux installs both for corporate users > and individuals. I can talk about my experience and policies in Spain: > > First of all, I change "home" URL of the web browsers to other websites > than distributor's and Google (DDG, Wikipedia, etc.) and disable APT > stats feedback. This means no easy collecting of statistic data. > > In automated preinstallations I use custom "SuperBogomips" and > "UltraBogomips" measures automatically to decide distro, desktop and > applications selection. For desktop selection (flavour in Ubuntu case) > this is the precedence of variables that matter: CPU, RAM, 3D graphics, > disk space. > > As an average, Lubuntu is selected when RAM is between 512 and 1024MiB. > Below this Debian-LXDE is selected and over this Ubuntu-Mate (or > Debian-Mate) is selected. The upper limit depends on 3D FOSS > acceleration before deciding Gnome or KDE. > > Educational collectives are the biggest group of people who asks for old > computer liberations (privative -> FOSS). Most individuals are victims > of ignorance when viruses eat their normal computers (Windows) and, > depending on "money level" they finish with computers (jump to > only-mobile) or the "old" computer goes to trash just when they buy a > new one. > > Windows XP is still the most common OS I find in old computers that > survive to the two main terrors for the user: viruses and new Windows > usability chaos. Most of computers that arrives with Windows XP, go to > LXDE-based installations. Next big group here is Mate desktop. > > "How many boxes run a distro that's no longer supported?" > Answer in proportion: Most Ubuntu 11.04 (Gnome2) in my case, because of > "no-Unity" policy between 2011 and 2013, and the typical setting to not > propose to the user upgrading the OS version. > > "What display size is used on those machines?" > For all groups I made installations to, desktop computers can guarantee > 1280x1024 except touchscreeens typically used in POS (then the guarantee > can be 1024x768). And notebook/netbook can guarantee 1024?x600 real > pixels in display area. > > There is no large demand of CD-ROM. This is in the inverse sense: > When you are recovering a computer with CD-ROM drive only, you look for > an LXDE-based distribution, and better if it's well-known, supported, > and mature. > > > El 14/08/16 a les 22:24, scrooya...@riseup.net ha escrit: >> Does anyone know if there are stats available from Canonical or 3rd >> party about hardware. >> >> How many computers with PII, PIII, P4 CPU's etc., browsed the various >> Ubuntu websites? >> In what parts of the world are they used most >> What OS are they using? >> I came across several websites with some stats but nothing really useful >> to form an opinion on questions like the 700MB capacity limit. >> >> It's clear that it is a technical challenge to stay within that limit. >> But it is not clear how big the demand is on a global scale to have a >> capable OS that can be installed on old hardware without having to jump >> trough hoops. >> >> How many boxes still run XP? (or anything worse) >> How many boxes run a distro that's no longer supported? >> What display size is used on those machines? >> >> Can it be estimated if DVD players are covered on most hardware, or will >> there still be a large demand for CD-ROM?. >> >> Regardless if the 700MB limit will be left behind it will be very >> interesting to know how many people still rely on old hardware. >> >> Canonical's data would be interesting, but an independent source would >> also be good. Or Google's stats, if they still can be trusted... I'm >> currently connected trough TOR so Google isn't much help to me.... > > -- > Lubuntu-users mailing list > Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users
