I deal a lot with Linux, και έτσι επισκέπτομαι συχνά τη σελίδα Distrowatch. Η σελίδα είναι ένας διαδικτυακός κατάλογος διανομών Linux. Μπορείτε να αναζητήσετε την διανομή που σας ενδιαφέρει και να ανακαλύψετε αν ικανοποιεί τις ανάγκες σας. Η ιστοσελίδα ενημερώνεται καθημερινά με νέες εκδόσεις διανομών αλλά και εφαρμογών open source
Hit Ranking now using Distrowatch is a method of evaluating the interest in distros hosted on the website. Essentially the service counts them clicks accepted by each distribution, highlighting the ones that interest most users.
This feature of the page, has at times become the bone of contention between major distributions that claim the top positions, as it is nothing more than a clicks counter of each distribution's page. The page displays data by year, month, 30 days, week, etc.
While there are many who consider DistroWatch as a non-objective source for the popularity of Linux projects, one that can not be denied is the age and completeness of the site. The page has been addressed to Linux friends for years, has almost every release that has been released and adds to any new distribution that is being distributed by developers.
This means that the majority of clicks come from geeks του Linux. Είναι όμως τα ranks αντιπροσωπευτικά;
Let's talk about the new distribution Endeavor.
This is a new distribution based on the Arch Linux, born after the end of distribution Antergos.
The record of distribution states:
Όταν η δημοφιλής διανομή Antergos (2012-2019) σταμάτησε να αναπτύσσεται το Μάιο του 2019, άφησε πίσω του μια χρήσιμη και εξαιρετικά φιλική κοινότητα. Μέσα στην κοινότητα προτάθηκε η ιδέα να διατηρηθεί ζωντανή η κοινότητα με το πνεύμα του Antergos, δηλαδή ένα εγκαταστάτης του Arch εύκολος στη χρήση και μια φιλική και χρήσιμη κοινότητα. Την ιδέα υποστήριξαν πολλοί φίλοι, και έτσι μέσα σε μια εβδομάδα δημιουργήθηκε μια μικρή ομάδα. Μέχρι το τέλος Μαΐου, παρουσιάστηκε στην κοινότητα ένα συνοπτικό σχέδιο.
EndeavorOS was put into mode on July 15, 2019.
The above image shows a publication in the distribution forum. As you can see one of the distribution programmers says:
“Please vote for it project awaiting review on Distrowatch”
Let's talk about hit ranking:
The above example comes from a small Linux community, which distribution has not yet been added to the Distrowatch lists. Small community means few members, few votes. What can happen to larger communities? I never mentioned Hit Ranking as a reliable method of evaluating each distribution, since it is more of a "traffic meter" on a site that only deals with Linux. But are the measurements reliable?
Probably not.
Alternative;
If you try to find other ranking results, a good source is it Alexa. You can simply search for the distribution domain you are interested in and find a more reliable ranking.
For example https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/debian.org
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