Linux and Ubuntu registered users?

[galacticaboy]

How do you register as a Linux and Ubuntu user and get your user number? I see it all the time and want it to!

[galacticaboy]

Nevermind, I should have searched it a little better, I found it!

Linux User Counter
http://counter.li.org/

Ubuntu User Counter
http://ubuntucounter.geekosophical.net/

At least that is the ones I found, if these are not correct, please let me know!

[inobe]

now we just need the other estimated 90 million desktop linux users to register.

[galacticaboy]

now we just need the other estimated 90 million desktop linux users to register.

lol, I know!

[murderslastcrow]

Not to mention that, even if we could poll a unique cookie for every Linux computer, as openSUSE does, that wouldn't tell us how many users there are- only how many live installations.

But if you get together all of the confirmed numbers, we're in pretty good shape without all of the people who never even realize they're using Linux. And well, let's not even start with Android.

Just think- if the people who know what Linux is and care enough to reregister every once in a while is that large, how many users who care but won't register, or don't even care are out there? :P Probably more than those who do.

[galacticaboy]

Not to mention that, even if we could poll a unique cookie for every Linux computer, as openSUSE does, that wouldn't tell us how many users there are- only how many live installations.

But if you get together all of the confirmed numbers, we're in pretty good shape without all of the people who never even realize they're using Linux. And well, let's not even start with Android.

Just think- if the people who know what Linux is and care enough to reregister every once in a while is that large, how many users who care but won't register, or don't even care are out there? :P Probably more than those who do.

Ubuntu has or had something like that, your computer would send a daily cron job to Canonical to tell them how many users and such there are.

[Bandit]

I actually registered twice. Once many many years ago when I was still using my Athlon 500 Linux Box and again just about 5 years ago again.
Have no idea why I couldnt find myself in the system from years back.

[FuturePilot]

Not to mention that, even if we could poll a unique cookie for every Linux computer, as openSUSE does, that wouldn't tell us how many users there are- only how many live installations.

But if you get together all of the confirmed numbers, we're in pretty good shape without all of the people who never even realize they're using Linux. And well, let's not even start with Android.

Just think- if the people who know what Linux is and care enough to reregister every once in a while is that large, how many users who care but won't register, or don't even care are out there? :P Probably more than those who do.

Good idea but everyone will flip out for Canonical putting "MS like" "spyware" "garbage" on their systems.

[KingYaba]

Good idea but everyone will flip out for Canonical putting "MS like" "spyware" "garbage" on their systems.

Keep it voluntary and there will be no problems. I, for one, have no desire to register anything.

[Dale61]

I, for one, have no desire to register anything.

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