Re: Assumptions about population
On Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 01:55:37PM +0000, c.buhtz@posteo.jp wrote:
> Hello,
>
> are there any existing assumptions about the population of Debian users. How
> many do we have?
>
> I'm aware that this can never be exact; more far away from that. But for
> example the Debian update servers can give a hint about it no matter that
> they don't store IPs. Debian is so old I assume there where others before me
> with the same questions. Maybe someone did an assumption about the real
> population of Debian users and presented a method.
> There are a lot of very different types of users (servers, desktop, PIs,
> ...); I know. I ask for an assumption not for a hard value.
>
> For example "backintime".
> The "backintime-common" package has n=946 (0.47%) installations.
> What is 100%? This value is missing in the table? How many popcon measers
> where down? How many units in the sample? I assume: 946 / 0.47 * 100.
Hello, the main page has
Number of submissions considered: 202044
So the % is done with respect to this number:
? 946/202044*100.
%1 = 0.46821484429134247985587297816317237829
rounded to 0.47%
Cheers,
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Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
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