Linux Counter

The Linux Counter provides estimates and statistics about the people and their computers that use the GNU / Linux operating system.

History

The counter was established in 1993 by Harald Tveit Alvestrand as a hobby into life in order to estimate the number of Linux users. On 1 May 1999 a non-profit organization with the name " Linux Counter" was founded, which took over the project by Harald Tveit Alvestrand. In mid-August 2011, the project of Alexander laborer (born Mieland ) was adopted, which has since continued alone leads the project in order to revive it and update it. On 11 January 2012, the original Linux Counter http://counter.li.org has been disabled and the completely rewritten and redesigned version of linuxcounter.net Alexander laborers replaced, Harald Tveit Alvestrand after consultation with.

Procedure and task

To find out how many Linux users there are worldwide, Linux users themselves should register themselves on the website. Because of insufficient data, was soon converted to a statistics -based estimate to calculate the number of users. It creates statistics on the use of Linux, the use of hardware and software, the distributions and the lives of Linux users.

Linux Counter also tried to link the Linux users among each other and connect. A "Near by you " function is (2012 ) is still in the planning stage.

Media attention

As the popularity of the Linux operating system ( around 1999 ) first increased sharply, many reports and news articles about the Linux Counter have been published, including three Slashdot articles. The first two controlled the Linux Counter web server to the limits of its capabilities, he was " slashdotted ". The new project has since been " slashdotted ".