Canonical what data the company collected from Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

The Canonical he said the first measurements he collected from the of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS since the official release of its operating system in April 2018.Canonical

During the development of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver), Canonical announced that it would implement an optional data collection tool on which aims to improve Ubuntu.

The data Canonical appears to collect to improve its Ubuntu Linux operating system includes information about the flavor of Ubuntu in use, version, user settings, installed software, network connectivity, OEM manufacturer, CPU, RAM, disk size, the screen, as well as users' geographic location during installation.

The data which is not a little supposed to help Canonical better understand the needs of its users, and according to the company they will be made public very often.

So today the company unveiled the first measurements from the Ubuntu 18.04 LTS operating system (Bionic Beaver), which seems to be used around the world.

“This data is based on the time zone you selected during installation and not on the geocoding of the IP address. We do not store IP addresses. In the US we see the highest concentration but this could not be the case as many choose the default settings during installation. China and they also have a lot of Ubuntu users although we have users literally all over the world and in every country," said Will Cooke, Director of the Ubuntu Desktop Division.

Data collected by Canonical so far over the past two months from those who have installed Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) on their computers has revealed that the average installation on Ubuntu Desktop takes about 18 minutes. Ubuntu 18.04 LTS was installed as from a previous version by a quarter of users, and that 15 percent of users used the new Minimal Install.

Concerning the , οι περισσότεροι χρήστες χρησιμοποιούν το Ubuntu 18.04 LTS σε έναν with a single CPU, although information about the CPU cores has not been announced yet, the RAM memory is from 4GB to 8GB and the screen is Full HD (1080p). The data also shows that most users format their drives and reinstall Ubuntu from scratch, download updates during installation, and install limited plugins.

Canonical reports that all this information gathered by Ubuntu users remains anonymous and plans to run on a public website that will be revealed in the coming months during the Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish) development cycle on October 18 2018.

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