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The Linux counter.
One other thing I forgot to mention. Harald Tveit Alvestrand has been
counting Linux users. His counter is currently up to 9588. Israel
currently ranks 21st in linux density with 32 users giving a density
of 5.1/million. So, lets all register & try to move up the list. If
everyone on the mailing list registers, our density will go up to
8.9/million, giving us the 14th highest linux density in the world!
I've attached info on how to register as well as the top 25 Linux
countries.
Harvey
Here's the top 25 in linux density:
COUNTRIES WHERE LINUX IS USED
=============================
Country Self Other Sum MPop Linux/M
---------------------------------------------------------------
1 is Iceland 15 0 15 0.3 57.5
2 fi Finland 257 0 257 5.0 51.4
3 no Norway 181 1 182 4.3 42.2
4 dk Denmark 127 2 129 5.1 24.9
5 se Sweden 206 6 212 8.6 24.0
6 nl Netherlands 340 3 343 14.9 22.8
7 au Australia 292 7 299 17.1 17.1
8 de Germany 1270 18 1288 79.1 16.1
9 ca Canada 427 22 449 26.6 16.1
10 us USA 3700 83 3783 249.6 14.8
11 at Austria 104 11 115 7.6 13.7
12 ch Switzerland 87 0 87 6.7 13.0
13 si Slovenia 20 1 21 2.0 10.2
14 ie Ireland 29 0 29 3.5 8.3
15 gb Great Britain 473 17 490 57.2 8.3
16 be Belgium 81 506 587 9.9 8.2
17 nz New Zealand 24 2 26 3.4 7.1
18 ee Estonia 11 4 15 1.6 6.8
19 fr France 316 15 331 56.2 5.6
20 lu Luxembourg 2 0 2 0.4 5.1
21 il Israel 32 0 32 6.3 5.1
22 cr Costa Rica 15 0 15 3.1 4.8
23 hk Hong Kong 24 0 24 5.9 4.1
24 sg Singapore 11 0 11 2.7 4.1
25 hu Hungary 28 4 32 10.5 2.7
Here's how to register:
HELP FOR THE LINUX USAGE COUNTER
================================
This message is intended for you to edit, and send right back to the
Linux-counter@uninett.no address.
DO NOT USE "REPLY"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Practice has shown that putting the counter in the Reply-To: or From:
fields of a message is a GREAT way of causing mail loops, and defending
against them is a *lot* of effort. Therefore, this counter does not do it)
NEWS FLASH: You can now register using the World Wide Web!
The URL is http://domen.uninett.no:29659/ - just look it up and try it!
If you want to register using E-mail, read on.
There are two ways of registering: Simple and complex.
For the SIMPLE method, simply send a message with the subject line being
one of:
I use Linux at home
I use Linux at work
I use Linux at school
I do not use Linux
You can also do combinations, like "I use Linux at home and at work".
The counter will attempt to guess your country of origin, and count you
accordingly. Information about you will not be made public.
Complex registration
--------------------
The complex features of the counter are accessed by using commands.
A command looks like (for instance) //MACHINE, and starts in the left
column.
You can register MACHINES, FRIENDS and data about YOURSELF (PERSON).
Below is listed an example of each of the sections, with comments that
aid you in filling them out correctly.
Only use the FRIENDS section if it is unlikely that the people will
register themselves!
When the templates are accepted by the daemon, they will be added to the
database. Data will be added even if it is not parsed properly.
They may be thrown out in later duplicate elimination, or you may receive
a query from me regarding the validity of the data, but otherwise, they will
be counted.
You can get a report from the counter by specifying the command
//REPORT <reportname>
The following reports are available:
short - The standard listing of Linux usage, including per-country data
machines - Statistics on registered Linux machines
persons - Persons who use Linux, sorted by country, and some statistics
All these reports are also available by anonymous FTP to aun.uninett.no,
directory pub/misc/linux-counter.
The counter also understands //HELP.
When you use a command, the subject line of the message is *not* recorded
in the counter.
Good luck!
Harald Tveit Alvestrand
//FRIEND
# Your Linux-using friends, in the pattern
# E-mail address: place of usage
# For people without E-mail address, use
# ?Givenname.Surname@geographical.area.country
# like ?Joe.Smith@london.gb or ?bill.gates@newyork.ny.us
//MACHINE
# Fill in one such section per machine that runs Linux
accounts:
# Number of accounts in /etc/passwd, not counting root and so on
country:
# ISO 3166 two-letter country code
cpu:
# The pattern is MakerNumberBus/Speed, for example
# Cx386, amd486, 386DX/33, 586SX/16
disk:
# Number of MBytes of disk installed - number only
distribution:
# Slackware, SLS, LGX, TAMU, MCC, Debian,
OTHER or DIY (do-it-yourself) with optional version number
mailer:
# Mail daemon - smail, sendmail, other or none
memory:
# Number of MBytes of memory installed - number only
name:
# DNS or UUCP name of machine if it has one
# If no unique network name is available, use ?machinename@geo.area.country
network:
# Type of network - SLIP, Ethernet, Term, PPP, AX.25 or none
source:
# Where you fetch Linux. FTP, BBS, Floppy/Friend, Floppy/<Company>,
# CD/Yggdrasil, CD/Morse, CD/Snow, Tape/Friend, Tape/<company>,
# NFS, AFS, HD/friend...
users:
# Number of persons who use this machine regularly
//PERSON
# This is about yourself, the sender of this message
country:
# ISO 3166 two-letter country code of where you live
email:
# Your E-mail address
may-publish:
# YES if you agree that information about you can be published
# If not given, nothing but statistical information will be published
name:
# Your name
started:
# Month and year you started using Linux, like "nov 93"
usage:
# The place where you use Linux. Home, school, work or combinations of these
//END
The END command is only required if you have a mailer that adds stuff
below the last line of the message.