Re: How is typical home computer used today?

[Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>]

Bret Busby wrote:
> On 09/12/2014, Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> wrote:
> > In a thread titled "Re: 9p/plumber to replace D-Bus?"
> > berenger.morel@neutralite.org wrote:
> > [[🔎] 3d6a00a1c8bddc88b517b4e19cc681dd@neutralite.org">https://lists.debian.org/[🔎] 3d6a00a1c8bddc88b517b4e19cc681dd@neutralite.org]>
> >
> >
> > > Le 08.12.2014 14:18, Marty a écrit :
> > > > [SNIP]
> > > > Multi-seat PC and other
> > > > anachronisms probably have to go away.
> >
> > Exactly what is meant by "Multi-seat PC"?
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> > I'm working on defining a heavily customized personal
> > installation of Debian. One of the *STRONG* underlying
> > assumptions is the the machine would only ever be used by a
> > specific individual. One of the underlying motivations is
> > personally understanding the the guts of Linux.
> >
> > > [snip]
> > >
> > > About anachronism... you should read about what is the minitel*,
> > > and then, consider thinking about how most people uses their
> > > computers ;)
> > >
> > > *: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minitel
> >
> > Is there any current survey of people actually use computers today?
> > My personal usage would be email, web browsing, and some number
> > crunching. I would explicitly avoid installing anything that
> > would act as a server when connected to a network.
>
> I believe that an appropriate response to the question of the subject
> field, is, to reword the quote from Plato's Phaedrus, to
> "And, what is typical, and, what is not typical?"

*NO* !
I was asking a question which has a statistical answer.

Whether the OS be Windows, Linux, OSX, RSX11-M is irrelevant.
How are home computers used?
NOT what is the OS.