The Canonical he said the first measurements gathered by Ubuntu 18.04 LTS users since the official release of its operating system in April 2018.
During the duration of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) development, Canonical has announced that it will implement an optional data collection tool in the functional system 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 analysis 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.
“Αυτά τα δεδομένα βασίζονται στη ζώνη ώρας που επιλέξατε κατά την εγκατάσταση και όχι στη γεωγραφική κωδικοποίηση της διεύθυνσης IP. Δεν αποθηκεύουμε διευθύνσεις IP. Στις ΗΠΑ παρατηρούμε τη μεγαλύτερη συγκέντρωση αλλά αυτό θα μπορούσε να να μην ισχύει καθώς πολλοί επιλέγουν τις προεπιλεγμένες ρυθμίσεις κατά την εγκατάσταση. Η China και η Ρωσία έχουν επίσης πολλούς χρήστες του Ubuntu αν και έχουμε χρήστες κυριολεκτικά σε όλο τον κόσμο και σε κάθε χώρα “, δήλωσε ο Will Cooke, Διευθυντής του τμήματος Desktop Ubuntu.
The data collected by Canonical so far over the last two months from those who installed Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) on their computers revealed that the average installation on the Ubuntu Desktop takes about 18 minutes. Ubuntu 18.04 LTS was installed as an upgrade from a previous version by a quarter of users, and that 15 percent of users used the new Minimal Install.
With regard to hardware, most users use Ubuntu 18.04 LTS on a single CPU computer, although CPU kernel information has not yet been announced, RAM is from 4GB to 8GB and the Full HD (1080p) screen. The data also shows that most users format their disks and reinstall Ubuntu from the beginning, download updates during installation and install limited add-ons.
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.