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The DistroWatch numbers don't measure installs, active users or downloads. They only measure hits to informational pages about each distribution on DistroWatch
by JohnTHaller 15y ago
The DistroWatch numbers don't measure installs, active users or downloads. They only measure hits to informational pages about each distribution on DistroWatch. So anyone quoting them and calling them trends of actual Linux usage, doesn't know what they're talking about. It's like quoting the W3schools browser numbers and saying the represent actual browser share (they, too, only measure visitors to their website).