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I've never cared for Gnome since v3 using alternative Deb-based OSes. Since then, I've not liked the decisions that Gnome have been making. At the same time, I'

I've never cared for Gnome since v3 using alternative Deb-based OSes. Since then, I've not liked the decisions that Gnome have been making. At the same time, I'm good with them trying something different. There really isn't a point of having so many distros with hard to distinguish differences in motivation. I'm happy as long as there's maybe two or so doing something well that suits me. Here's the distrowatch hits-per-day for past 6 months: 1. MX Linux 2946 2. EndeavourOS 2684 3. Mint 2242 4. Manjaro 1750 5. Pop!_OS 1385 6. Ubuntu 1331 7. Fedora 1159 8. Debian 1083 [I hadn't looked at this in a very long time.] Ubuntu used to be much higher. I've used Xubuntu (#41), Mint, and now Pop!_OS which are all fine. For some reason I've always avoided KDE--though with the power of even modest computers now it can't really be considered very bloated.

lolinder 4y ago
You missed the disclaimer: > The DistroWatch Page Hit Ranking statistics are a light-hearted way of measuring the popularity of Linux distributions and other free operating systems among the visitors of this website. They correlate neither to usage nor to quality and should not be used to measure the market share of distributions. They simply show the number of times a distribution page on DistroWatch was accessed each day, nothing more.
- karmakaze 4y ago
  I know what hits-per-day means. Ubuntu was #1 on that list up until 2010, now there are 3 deb-based distros above Ubuntu. If you have more indicative data, please share.
  - lolinder 4y ago
    My point is that Ubuntu's position in that list means absolutely nothing about Ubuntu's overall usage or its quality. The most likely explanation for the decline is that people don't go visit the DistroWatch page on Ubuntu because it's too mainstream these days for the DW demographic to be curious about it. I'm not obliged to produce additional data because the only point I was making is that your data is meaningless and shouldn't be used to indicate anything about Gnome or Ubuntu.

lolinder 4y ago

You missed the disclaimer: > The DistroWatch Page Hit Ranking statistics are a light-hearted way of measuring the popularity of Linux distributions and other free operating systems among the visitors of this website. They correlate neither to usage nor to quality and should not be used to measure the market share of distributions. They simply show the number of times a distribution page on DistroWatch was accessed each day, nothing more.

karmakaze 4y ago
I know what hits-per-day means. Ubuntu was #1 on that list up until 2010, now there are 3 deb-based distros above Ubuntu. If you have more indicative data, please share.
- lolinder 4y ago
  My point is that Ubuntu's position in that list means absolutely nothing about Ubuntu's overall usage or its quality. The most likely explanation for the decline is that people don't go visit the DistroWatch page on Ubuntu because it's too mainstream these days for the DW demographic to be curious about it. I'm not obliged to produce additional data because the only point I was making is that your data is meaningless and shouldn't be used to indicate anything about Gnome or Ubuntu.