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On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 05:11:13 -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: |
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> > Add sys-apps/gentoo-phonehome to all system profiles :) |
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> Damn you. I actually searched for that package. :P |
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LOL! |
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> As long as it is voluntary, I generally install programs that allows me |
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> to report my hardware and software configuration so my distributor |
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> knows how to focus its resources. Is Gentoo interested in this |
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> information? Is there a relevant package? |
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There used to be such a package, but I think it was dropped some time |
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ago. |
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> > Or do what Ubuntu did and default all installs to use their time |
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> > server, they can get a good estimate of the number of users from the |
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> > time server logs. |
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> I'm fairly sure the popularity-contest package is part of a standard |
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> (K)Ubuntu install. (It regularly reports the packages you have |
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> installed; It's not required.) That's probably more accurate that time |
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> server logs, since I believe the Canonical time server are also part of |
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> the pool rotation. |
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AFAIK the Ubuntu installation defaults (or at least it did) to using only |
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their time servers. Every time someone booted up a Ubuntu machine in the |
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morning, they knew about it. It means they were counting machines using |
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Ubuntu as opposed to those with it installed, so they'd also have an idea |
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of how many people installed it and then stopped using it. |
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Of course, that would only work with a distro like Ubuntu that is aimed |
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at people wanting something that "just works" and don't fiddle with |
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default system settings. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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What do you get if you cross an agnostic, an insomniac and adyslexic? |
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Someone who lies awake at night wondering if there really is a dog. |
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