On Monday 02 May 2011, Arthur Corliss elucidated thus:
> I have to point out the obvious: the "ranking" is purely based on
> page hits on *their* site. I have to seriously question how relevant
> and accurate such an arbitrary metric is. I never use the site,
> never had a use for it. Who here actually when to distrowatch first
> before choosing a distro to sample Linux? How many people instead a)
> went to a search engine, or b) used what their buddy recommended?
>
> In short, I think the distrowatch metric is not only worthless, but
> it most likely fails to capture the vast majority of veteran Linux
> users out there. Particularly those who go straight to their distro's
> site or mailing list to get updates. I could be wrong, but I doubt
> it.
OK, would this work?
:) Even more disparity than the Distro Watch links.
But you're right, it doesn't paint a 100% accurate picture. Nothing
does.
j
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