Android went from 100,000 to 200,000 in just 2 months.

[madjr]

took over a year and a half to finally reach 100,000 ... and then in just 2 months 100,000 more apps appear...

hoomans... always waiting for the last minute to throw themselves in.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/28/a...-android-pass/

[zekopeko]

And Ubuntu has only some 3000 GUI apps. Makes you think.

[LowSky]

And Ubuntu has only some 3000 GUI apps. Makes you think.

Where did you get 3,000?

Synaptic lists well over 32,000 applications. I just checked. Sure not all are GUI, but that is a large number

That only includes whats available from the repos. there is no doubt millions of applications floating over the web

[Hur Dur]

Where did you get 3,000?

Synaptic lists well over 32,000 applications. I just checked. Sure not all are GUI, but that is a large number

That only includes whats available from the repos. there is no doubt millions of applications floating over the web

So, do Ubuntu's repositories surpass Debian's as the largest now?

[Verbeck]

So, do Ubuntu's repositories surpass Debian's as the largest now?

maybe,
http://packages.debian.org/stable/al...?format=txt.gz 28237
http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/all...?format=txt.gz 34657

[Simian Man]

maybe,
http://packages.debian.org/stable/al...?format=txt.gz 28237
http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/all...?format=txt.gz 34657

Yeah but by and large those packages are just copied, unmodified from Debian's repos. Closer to 6420 are really Ubuntu packages.

[zekopeko]

Where did you get 3,000?

Synaptic lists well over 32,000 applications. I just checked. Sure not all are GUI, but that is a large number

That only includes whats available from the repos. there is no doubt millions of applications floating over the web

Not true. Those 32000 "applications" include libraries, development packages and plenty of other stuff that your average user simply doesn't care about. The ~3000 GUI apps number is from Ubuntu Software Center which lists GUI apps by default.

You are correct that there are "millions of applications floating over the web" but they aren't targeting Ubuntu or Linux. Most of them are for Windows.

[MadCow108]

So, do Ubuntu's repositories surpass Debian's as the largest now?

maybe,
http://packages.debian.org/stable/al...?format=txt.gz 28237
http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/all...?format=txt.gz 34657

ubuntu is based on debian unstable which has ~36000 packages
so the number of ubuntu only packages is negible

I do not know how if someone controls what counts as android app, but under debian they do not accept every random **** if it duplicates others without improving, are just useless gimmicks or have a too low quality.
So the andoid/debian numbers are not comparable.
Its probably similar with the android/windowsphone comparison done in the article...