Reply from Linux usage counter
Linux Counter
linux-counter-errors at counter.li.org
Fri Aug 22 22:15:23 PDT 2003
The subject line of your message was Thank you!.
This did NOT contain the word "Linux".
The counter has unfortunately been the recipient of many sorts
of messages, some of which were not intended as registrations.
Therefore, the subject line MUST include "Linux" to perform a
simple registration.
Please include the word "Linux" in the subject line, perform
a registration using the form below, or register using the
Web forms at http://counter.li.org/ in order to register.
If you have any unusual problems - contact harald at alvestrand.no!
HELP FOR THE LINUX USAGE COUNTER
================================
This message is intended for you to edit, and send right back to the
Linux-counter at 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)
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.
Remember to put the value on the same line as the field name!
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 also register using the WWW forms at
http://domen.uninett.no/~hta/linux/counter.html
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, or through the World Wide Web at
http://domen.uninett.no/~hta/linux/counter.html
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
Sorry, the record help is out of order
//END
The END command is only required if you have a mailer that adds stuff
below the last line of the message.
This is the Linux Counter summary as of Sat Aug 23 01:41:48 2003
There are 137141 persons registerd.
1407 users have been registered by friends.
There are 121968 machines registered.
I guesstimate that between 0.2% and 5% of all Linux users have
registered with the Linux Counter.
So the total number of Linux users is probably between
2,742,820 and 68,570,500 people.
WHERE LINUX USERS LIVE
The table is sorted by number of Linux users divided by population
No Country Pers Fri Mach P/Mpop Mpop
======================================================================
1 FO Faroe Islands 50 0 20 1140.1 0.0
2 AQ Antarctica 3 0 3 729.0 0.0
3 TK Tokelau 1 0 0 674.8 0.0
4 IS Iceland 176 1 148 651.1 0.3
5 FI Finland 3124 21 3136 611.9 5.1
6 NO Norway 2166 24 2481 494.1 4.4
7 DK Denmark 2565 6 2274 488.6 5.2
8 EE Estonia 707 12 562 484.4 1.5
9 FK Falkland Islands (Islas Malv 1 0 3 421.2 0.0
10 SJ Svalbard and Jan Mayen 1 0 0 368.3 0.0
11 SE Sweden 3240 30 3933 364.0 8.9
12 SH Saint Helena 2 0 0 294.9 0.0
13 LU Luxembourg 114 0 151 274.1 0.4
14 GI Gibraltar 7 0 2 243.4 0.0
15 SI Slovenia 468 1 342 239.8 2.0
16 NL Netherlands 3562 17 3958 228.8 15.6
17 NZ New Zealand 768 0 814 216.5 3.5
18 HU Hungary 2083 17 1845 208.2 10.0
19 SM San Marino 5 0 3 203.9 0.0
20 AT Austria 1569 11 1847 195.6 8.0
21 MC Monaco 6 1 5 189.2 0.0
22 PL Poland 7188 23 4693 186.0 38.6
23 CH Switzerland 1334 10 1749 185.1 7.2
24 AD Andorra 13 0 15 178.7 0.1
25 BE Belgium 1762 512 1789 173.3 10.2
26 GL Greenland 10 0 16 171.8 0.1
27 IE Ireland 601 1 436 168.5 3.6
28 CA Canada 4562 19 4779 158.3 28.8
29 AU Australia 2492 18 2771 136.5 18.3
30 ES Spain 5335 8 3345 136.2 39.2
31 DE Germany 11169 81 12607 133.7 83.5
32 PW Palau 2 0 2 118.0 0.0
33 FR France 6316 32 5618 108.3 58.3
34 US USA 28304 298 29240 106.2 266.5
35 AW Aruba 7 0 2 103.3 0.1
36 MT Malta 38 0 25 101.2 0.4
37 IL Israel 544 3 390 100.3 5.4
38 LI Liechtenstein 3 0 11 96.4 0.0
39 SG Singapore 322 1 180 94.8 3.4
40 GB Great Britain 5261 43 5764 89.9 58.5
41 MV Maldives 23 0 2 84.9 0.3
42 PT Portugal 838 3 670 84.9 9.9
43 IT Italy 4408 35 3792 76.7 57.5
44 VG Virgin Islands (British) 1 0 1 75.8 0.0
45 LV Latvia 173 0 130 70.1 2.5
46 NC New Caledonia 13 0 4 69.2 0.2
47 RO Romania 1476 11 1063 68.2 21.7
48 LT Lithuania 239 2 206 65.6 3.6
49 CZ Czech Republic 671 9 636 65.0 10.3
50 CY Cyprus 47 0 44 63.1 0.7
51 CL Chile 885 0 512 61.7 14.3
52 BS Bahamas 16 0 8 61.7 0.3
53 AG Antigua and Barbuda 4 0 3 60.9 0.1
54 BR Brazil 9645 18 4593 59.3 162.7
55 KY Cayman Islands 2 0 0 57.7 0.0
56 BG Bulgaria 487 1 359 56.5 8.6
57 CR Costa Rica 193 0 102 55.7 3.5
58 RE Reunion 37 0 20 54.5 0.7
59 MQ Martinique 21 0 16 52.6 0.4
60 UY Uruguay 169 0 133 52.2 3.2
61 AS American Samoa 3 0 2 50.4 0.1
62 PF French Polynesia 11 0 5 48.9 0.2
63 BM Bermuda 3 0 1 48.3 0.1
64 DM Dominica 4 0 0 48.2 0.1
65 BN Brunei 14 0 3 46.7 0.3
66 GU Guam 7 0 0 44.6 0.2
67 HR Croatia 220 0 132 44.0 5.0
68 SK Slovakia 235 0 242 43.7 5.4
69 GR Greece 429 5 325 40.7 10.5
70 AR Argentina 1328 1 888 38.3 34.7
71 MP Northern Mariana Islands 2 0 3 38.3 0.1
72 BA Bosnia and Herzegovina 99 0 25 37.3 2.7
73 KR Korea (South) 1669 2 342 36.7 45.5
74 BZ Belize 8 0 2 36.5 0.2
75 FM Micronesia, Federated States 4 0 0 31.9 0.1
76 SV El Salvador 185 0 41 31.7 5.8
77 BB Barbados 8 0 12 31.1 0.3
78 PR Puerto Rico 109 0 53 28.5 3.8
79 MK Macedonia 58 0 37 27.6 2.1
80 BH Bahrain 16 0 12 27.1 0.6
81 VE Venezuela 592 0 348 26.9 22.0
82 AE United Arab Emirates 81 0 26 26.5 3.1
83 QA Qatar 14 1 4 25.6 0.5
84 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenad 3 0 0 25.3 0.1
85 MX Mexico 2389 6 1060 24.9 95.8
86 TT Trinidad and Tobago 31 1 8 24.4 1.3
87 KN Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 0 1 24.2 0.0
88 MO Macau 12 0 8 24.2 0.5
89 PA Panama 57 0 49 21.5 2.7
90 CU Cuba 222 1 93 20.3 11.0
91 MY Malaysia 403 4 180 20.2 20.0
92 KW Kuwait 39 0 8 20.0 2.0
93 CS Czechoslovakia (former) 307 0 12 19.5 15.7
94 MU Mauritius 22 0 14 19.3 1.1
95 PS Palestine 50 0 3 19.1 2.6
96 LB Lebanon 69 1 18 18.3 3.8
97 EH Western Sahara 4 0 3 18.0 0.2
98 ZA South Africa 740 1 668 17.7 41.7
99 BY Belarus 179 1 74 17.2 10.4
100 TN Tunisia 152 0 32 16.9 9.0
101 CO Colombia 594 1 356 16.1 36.8
102 UA Ukraine 802 4 539 15.8 50.9
103 TW Taiwan 328 2 190 15.3 21.5
104 BO Bolivia 105 0 60 14.7 7.2
105 AN Netherlands Antilles 3 0 0 14.4 0.2
106 RU Russia 1971 12 1325 13.3 148.2
107 JM Jamaica 34 0 7 13.1 2.6
108 PY Paraguay 71 0 29 12.9 5.5
109 KI Kiribati 1 0 0 12.4 0.1
110 EC Ecuador 124 0 59 10.8 11.5
111 GD Grenada 1 0 2 10.5 0.1
112 YT Mayotte 1 0 0 9.9 0.1
113 GT Guatemala 109 0 45 9.7 11.3
114 TO Tonga 1 0 0 9.4 0.1
115 SR Suriname 4 0 6 9.2 0.4
116 DO Dominican Republic 73 0 42 9.0 8.1
117 PH Philippines 664 2 274 8.9 74.5
118 TR Turkey 530 1 271 8.5 62.5
119 NA Namibia 14 0 11 8.3 1.7
120 FJ Fiji 6 0 3 7.7 0.8
121 MD Moldova 34 0 22 7.6 4.5
122 PE Peru 182 0 79 7.4 24.5
123 ST Sao Tome and Principe 1 0 0 6.9 0.1
124 GF French Guiana 1 0 0 6.6 0.2
125 AL Albania 19 1 7 5.8 3.2
126 VU Vanuatu 1 0 0 5.6 0.2
127 HN Honduras 30 0 16 5.4 5.6
128 NI Nicaragua 21 0 21 4.9 4.3
129 GE Georgia 25 0 45 4.8 5.2
130 CV Cape Verde 2 0 0 4.5 0.4
131 SA Saudi Arabia 85 0 15 4.4 19.4
132 KZ Kazakhstan 74 0 43 4.4 16.9
133 AM Armenia 15 0 15 4.3 3.5
134 OM Oman 9 0 9 4.1 2.2
135 TH Thailand 224 1 110 3.8 58.9
136 JO Jordan 15 0 3 3.6 4.2
137 DZ Algeria 96 0 24 3.3 29.2
138 IN India 2794 2 881 2.9 952.1
139 KG Kyrgyzstan 13 0 8 2.9 4.5
140 GY Guyana 2 0 5 2.8 0.7
141 LK Sri Lanka 52 0 14 2.8 18.6
142 IR Iran 184 0 39 2.8 66.1
143 AZ Azerbaijan 20 0 4 2.6 7.7
144 GA Gabon 3 0 3 2.6 1.2
145 NP Nepal 53 0 11 2.4 22.1
146 JP Japan 287 1 288 2.3 125.4
147 EG Egypt 131 0 31 2.1 63.6
148 MN Mongolia 5 0 6 2.0 2.5
149 ID Indonesia 407 9 202 2.0 206.6
150 PK Pakistan 254 0 59 2.0 129.3
151 KM Comoros 1 0 0 1.8 0.6
152 TJ Tajikistan 9 0 1 1.5 5.9
153 CM Cameroon 21 0 18 1.5 14.3
154 UZ Uzbekistan 34 0 19 1.5 23.4
155 ZW Zimbabwe 16 0 13 1.4 11.3
156 SY Syria 22 0 2 1.4 15.6
157 LA Laos 7 0 1 1.4 5.0
158 BW Botswana 2 0 0 1.4 1.5
159 MA Morocco 39 0 24 1.3 29.8
160 LY Libya 7 0 0 1.3 5.4
161 KE Kenya 33 0 4 1.2 28.2
162 ER Eritrea 4 0 0 1.2 3.4
163 ZM Zambia 10 0 5 1.1 9.2
164 VN Vietnam 80 0 11 1.1 74.0
165 CI Cote d'Ivoire 14 0 7 0.9 14.8
166 SN Senegal 8 0 5 0.9 9.1
167 AO Angola 9 0 2 0.9 10.3
168 CN China 1002 1 320 0.8 1210.0
169 MG Madagascar 11 0 6 0.8 13.7
170 UG Uganda 14 0 1 0.7 20.2
171 PG Papua New Guinea 3 0 2 0.7 4.4
172 GH Ghana 12 0 1 0.7 17.7
173 RW Rwanda 4 0 0 0.6 6.9
174 KH Cambodia 6 0 0 0.6 10.9
175 BT Bhutan 1 0 0 0.5 1.8
176 BD Bangladesh 59 0 20 0.5 123.1
177 LR Liberia 1 0 0 0.5 2.1
178 MM Myanmar 21 0 11 0.5 46.0
179 HT Haiti 3 0 2 0.4 6.7
180 TG Togo 2 0 2 0.4 4.6
181 TZ Tanzania 12 0 4 0.4 29.1
182 GN Guinea 3 0 4 0.4 7.4
183 NG Nigeria 42 0 11 0.4 103.9
184 CG Congo 1 0 1 0.4 2.5
185 YE Yemen 5 0 1 0.4 13.5
186 SD Sudan 11 0 3 0.3 31.5
187 MW Malawi 2 0 0 0.2 9.5
188 BJ Benin 1 0 1 0.2 5.7
189 BI Burundi 1 0 0 0.2 5.9
190 IQ Iraq 3 0 2 0.1 21.4
191 SO Somalia 1 0 2 0.1 9.6
192 ML Mali 1 0 0 0.1 9.7
193 AF Afghanistan 2 0 1 0.1 22.7
194 ET Ethiopia 4 0 5 0.1 57.2
195 MZ Mozambique 1 0 0 0.1 17.9
196 CD Democratic Congo 1 0 5 0.0 46.5
197 XW The World (Somewhere in it) 112 71 1 0.0 5771.9
WHERE PEOPLE USE LINUX
Place Users Percent
==============================
home 123718 91.85%
school 27463 20.39%
somewhere 495 0.37%
work 65241 48.44%
==============================
TOTAL 134691 100.00%
NOTE: The total is the 134691 users who answered this question.
Some gave more than one answer, so the number of answers is 216917
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