<div dir="ltr">I can't figure out why anyone would put any value in the distrowatch numbers. Only a tiny tiny tiny tiny percentage of the people who use Linux even know it exists and the majority of those who do don't go there. It's numbers are truly valueless and even worse they're easily gamed. The Google trend numbers are slightly more interesting but even those I wouldn't put much stock in.<div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 12:13 AM, Jason Hsu <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jhsu802701@jasonhsu.com" target="_blank">jhsu802701@jasonhsu.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
For the 6-month ranking, Debian has climbed to #4 on Distrowatch. Debian and its downstream distros occupy 3 of the top 4 spots. Mageia is the lone exception.<br>
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