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{{admon/note|Currently, there is no reliable way to determine the total number of Linux users, or even count the total number of users of any Linux distribution which does not have a mandatory per user registration process.|Anyone who tells you otherwise may be misinformed, dishonest, or trying to sell you something.

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The numbers above do not represent a total user count for Fedora. We are counting IP addresses because that is the only thing we can reliably measure. ''OEM shipping numbers, application popularity contests, and other "estimates" all have intrinsic error factors as well.'' Without a 1:1 sales figure or registration process, user counting is a difficult problem to solve. Our [[#Accuracy_of_metrics|accuracy]] section below has a discussion of what's wrong with IP number counts, too.

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The numbers above do not represent a total user or usage count or overall downloads for Fedora. Correlation of the number between different releases of Fedora is difficult since the way our infrastructure is setup and the way we count IP connections has changed over time. We are counting IP addresses because that is the only thing we can reliably measure. ''OEM shipping numbers, application popularity contests, and other "estimates" all have intrinsic error factors as well.'' Without a 1:1 sales figure or registration process, user counting is a difficult problem to solve. Our [[#Accuracy_of_metrics|accuracy]] section below has a discussion of what's wrong with IP number counts, too.

When you hear someone estimate a count of users, the right questions to ask are:

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# Users who are behind NAT or corporate proxies will not be counted at all.

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The anecdotal evidence that we receive from different groups, companies, and organizations suggests that group (2) is significantly larger than group (1). As such, we believe that the true numbers in the field are higher than the numbers on this page.

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The anecdotal evidence that we receive from different groups, companies, and organizations suggests that group (2) is significantly larger than group (1). As such, we believe that the true numbers in the field are higher than the numbers on this page.

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For a more thorough discussion and enlightening information about the measurement of Fedora's userbase, refer to [http://jspaleta.livejournal.com/42464.html this blog entry] by [[User:Jspaleta | Jef Spaleta]].

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For a more thorough discussion and enlightening information about the measurement of Fedora's userbase, refer to [http://jspaleta.livejournal.com/42464.html this blog entry] by [[User:Jspaleta | Jef Spaleta]]

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~~=== Why is the Fedora 8 count so high? ===~~

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We believe this is due to the high concentration of Fedora 8 images on Amazon EC2. We may see additional changes with Fedora 14 and later as that release is expected to be [[Fedora_14_on_EC2#Interview_with_Justin_Forbes|available on EC2]] on release day.

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~~== Smolt Data ==~~

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[http://smolt.fedoraproject.org Smolt] is Fedora's hardware profiling project. It is an '''opt-in''' database that tracks unique installations of Fedora, and various details about that install. People who install to runlevel 5 will be able to opt-in during firstboot, but people who install to runlevel 3 will have to install the smolt client via yum and manually register.

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== BitTorrent ==

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 {{admon/note|Currently, there is no reliable way to determine the total number of Linux users, or even count the total number of users of any Linux distribution which does not have a mandatory per user registration process.|Anyone who tells you otherwise may be misinformed, dishonest, or trying to sell you something.
-The numbers above do not represent a total user count for Fedora.  We are counting IP addresses because that is the only thing we can reliably measure.  ''OEM shipping numbers, application popularity contests, and other "estimates" all have intrinsic error factors as well.''  Without a 1:1 sales figure or registration process, user counting is a difficult problem to solve.  Our [[#Accuracy_of_metrics|accuracy]] section below has a discussion of what's wrong with IP number counts, too.
+The numbers above do not represent a total user or usage count or overall downloads for Fedora.  Correlation of the number between different releases of Fedora is difficult since the way our infrastructure is setup and the way we count IP connections has changed over time. We are counting IP addresses because that is the only thing we can reliably measure.  ''OEM shipping numbers, application popularity contests, and other "estimates" all have intrinsic error factors as well.''  Without a 1:1 sales figure or registration process, user counting is a difficult problem to solve.  Our [[#Accuracy_of_metrics|accuracy]] section below has a discussion of what's wrong with IP number counts, too.
 When you hear someone estimate a count of users, the right questions to ask are:
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 # Users who are behind NAT or corporate proxies will not be counted at all.
 The anecdotal evidence that we receive from different groups, companies, and organizations suggests that group (2) is significantly larger than group (1).  As such, we believe that the true numbers in the field are higher than the numbers on this page.
-For a more thorough discussion and enlightening information about the measurement of Fedora's userbase, refer to [http://jspaleta.livejournal.com/42464.html this blog entry] by [[User:Jspaleta | Jef Spaleta]].
+For a more thorough discussion and enlightening information about the measurement of Fedora's userbase, refer to [http://jspaleta.livejournal.com/42464.html this blog entry] by [[User:Jspaleta | Jef Spaleta]]
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-=== Why is the Fedora 8 count so high? ===
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-We believe this is due to the high concentration of Fedora 8 images on Amazon EC2.  We may see additional changes with Fedora 14 and later as that release is expected to be [[Fedora_14_on_EC2#Interview_with_Justin_Forbes|available on EC2]] on release day.
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-== Smolt Data ==
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-[http://smolt.fedoraproject.org Smolt]  is Fedora's hardware profiling project.  It is an '''opt-in''' database that tracks unique installations of Fedora, and various details about that install.  People who install to runlevel 5 will be able to opt-in during firstboot, but people who install to runlevel 3 will have to install the smolt client via yum and manually register.
 == BitTorrent ==