On 02/07/2011 20:34, Timothy Pearson wrote:
>> I'm just courious: is ther any known number how many people use trinity?
>> Maybe
>> the number of downloads of "kde-trinity"?
>>
>> Nik
>>
>
> This is currently unknown but is expected to be upwards of 1000 users
> based on download volume from one of the mirror sites.  An unofficial goal
> of 3.5.13 is to get better statistics/tracking into place so that we can
> get a better estimate of this number.
>
> Tim
I really think we can only have rough estimates about that kind of information.  Even the 
Debian project cannot count the number of installed distros:
   1 iso download=1, 10, ..., N installations?
   1 aptitude update/upgrade = 1, 10, ..., N upgrades (via apt-cacher)?

In fact this is a really difficult question to ask.  Of course, with better tracking 
tools, the estimations will become more precise or cover particular topics, but still...

Tools such as "The Linux Counter" (http://counter.li.org/) also exist but require at least 
a manual intervention (then a script can be used).  Debian also have a package popularity 
contest (http://popcon.debian.org/), etc. and all of these things are really fun indeed!

Go on Trinity, tell us how much you're popular!

Nicolas