Linux Counter: 41539 registered Linux users
Harald.T....@uninett.no
This is the monthly report from the Linux Usage Counter.
It is posted on the 1st of every month on the newsgroup
comp.os.linux.misc
(NOTE: Due to a SW upgrade, it wasn't posted between August 96
and February 97; sorry about that!)
Registration and information is available via the World
Wide Web; connect to URL http://counter.li.org/
This is the preferred interface to the counter.
NOTE: You can UPDATE your record in the counter if you have
your registration key, which was sent to you when you registered.
EMAIL:
To enter your registration into the statistics, send an E-mail to
linux-...@uninett.no, with the SUBJECT line being one of
I use Linux at home
I use Linux at work
I use Linux at school
The reply will contain information about how to register more
information about yourself, your machine and your friends, if you
want to.
If you can't do Web, you can get the reports by sending the counter
an E-mail containing in the BODY one of the lines
//REPORT short
//REPORT persons
//REPORT machines
//HELP
Any questions should be adressed to the maintainer of the counter,
Harald.T....@uninett.no
Good luck!
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This is the Linux Counter summary as of Mon Feb 3 17:21:13 1997
There are 41539 persons registerd.
1789 users have been registered by friends.
There are 17573 machines registered.
I guesstimate that between 0.2% and 5% of all Linux users have
registered with the Linux Counter.
So the total number of Linux users is probably between
830,780 and 20,769,500 people.
WHERE LINUX USERS LIVE
The table is sorted by number of Linux users divided by population
No Country Pers Fri Mach P/Mpop Mpop
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1 VA Vatican City State (Holy See 3 0 0 3614.5 0.0
2 AQ Antarctica 1 0 0 250.0 0.0
3 IS Iceland 66 3 34 249.1 0.3
4 FI Finland 1247 27 509 246.0 5.1
5 NO Norway 916 8 346 211.5 4.3
6 SE Sweden 1127 27 374 128.4 8.8
7 NL Netherlands 1374 29 509 89.5 15.4
8 DK Denmark 443 5 156 85.4 5.2
9 SI Slovenia 161 7 53 78.5 2.1
10 CA Canada 1988 59 805 70.7 28.1
11 US USA 17570 425 6282 67.4 260.7
12 AU Australia 1160 27 444 64.1 18.1
13 AT Austria 437 19 163 55.3 7.9
14 NZ New Zealand 163 2 77 48.1 3.4
15 CH Switzerland 301 10 135 42.8 7.0
16 DE Germany 3459 110 1318 42.5 81.3
17 BE Belgium 412 518 183 40.8 10.1
18 SG Singapore 116 5 49 40.6 2.9
19 IE Ireland 142 4 57 40.1 3.5
20 EE Estonia 64 9 52 39.4 1.6
21 IL Israel 187 10 67 37.0 5.0
22 GL Greenland 2 0 0 35.1 0.1
23 GB Great Britain 1999 60 603 34.4 58.1
24 LI Liechtenstein 1 0 0 32.7 0.0
25 MC Monaco 1 0 0 31.7 0.0
26 KY Cayman Islands 1 0 2 30.3 0.0
27 LU Luxembourg 12 0 3 29.9 0.4
28 HU Hungary 291 13 193 28.2 10.3
29 HK Hong Kong 143 0 32 25.8 5.5
30 FR France 1432 68 414 24.8 57.8
31 HR Croatia 110 6 28 23.5 4.7
32 BZ Belize 4 0 4 19.1 0.2
33 CR Costa Rica 59 0 10 17.3 3.4
34 IT Italy 991 36 350 17.0 58.1
35 PT Portugal 173 5 81 16.4 10.5
36 BM Bermuda 1 0 1 16.4 0.1
37 MT Malta 6 0 2 16.3 0.4
38 ES Spain 632 19 196 16.1 39.3
39 CZ Czech Republic 163 8 101 15.7 10.4
40 BB Barbados 4 0 1 15.6 0.3
41 AG Antigua and Barbuda 1 0 0 15.4 0.1
42 AD Andorra 1 0 0 15.2 0.1
43 GR Greece 161 7 74 15.1 10.6
44 GU Guam 2 0 0 13.0 0.2
45 ZA South Africa 254 7 90 8.4 30.2
46 UY Uruguay 27 0 4 8.4 3.2
47 TW Taiwan 152 2 60 7.1 21.3
48 BN Brunei 2 0 1 6.8 0.3
49 CY Cyprus 5 0 1 6.8 0.7
50 NA Namibia 11 0 3 6.7 1.7
51 TT Trinidad and Tobabo 8 0 4 6.3 1.3
52 SK Slovakia 29 1 20 5.4 5.4
53 PL Poland 208 13 112 5.4 38.8
54 LV Latvia 14 0 6 5.1 2.7
55 PF French Polynesia 1 0 1 4.6 0.2
56 KR Korea (South) 202 10 52 4.5 45.1
57 LT Lithuania 16 0 6 4.2 3.8
58 MO Macau 2 0 0 4.1 0.5
59 JP Japan 510 5 117 4.1 125.1
60 MK Macedonia 9 2 2 4.1 2.2
61 CL Chile 57 5 34 4.0 14.2
62 MV Maldives 1 0 0 3.8 0.3
63 RO Romania 81 8 45 3.5 23.2
64 YU Yugoslavia (Serbia and Monte 37 1 25 3.4 10.8
65 MY Malaysia 65 3 13 3.3 19.7
66 BG Bulgaria 28 6 15 3.2 8.8
67 AR Argentina 109 6 33 3.2 34.3
68 PA Panama 8 0 5 3.0 2.7
69 KW Kuwait 5 0 1 2.7 1.8
70 MQ Martinique 1 0 1 2.5 0.4
71 SR Suriname 1 0 1 2.4 0.4
72 BR Brazil 348 18 117 2.2 158.7
73 PR Puerto Rico 8 0 4 2.1 3.8
74 MU Mauritius 2 0 2 1.8 1.1
75 BH Bahrain 1 0 0 1.7 0.6
76 JM Jamaica 4 0 1 1.6 2.6
77 RU Russia 220 11 108 1.5 149.6
78 BW Botswana 2 0 1 1.4 1.4
79 MX Mexico 122 10 70 1.3 92.2
80 CO Colombia 41 1 18 1.1 36.2
81 VE Venezuela 22 0 6 1.0 21.0
82 TR Turkey 59 2 37 1.0 60.9
83 TH Thailand 57 1 18 1.0 59.5
84 BY Belarus 9 2 3 0.9 10.4
85 AE United Arab Emirates 2 1 2 0.7 2.9
86 UA Ukraine 34 1 26 0.7 51.9
87 AM Armenia 2 0 2 0.6 3.6
88 BO Bolivia 4 0 1 0.5 7.9
89 EC Ecuador 5 0 3 0.5 10.5
90 PH Philippines 30 2 7 0.4 68.5
91 MN Mongolia 1 0 0 0.4 2.5
92 DO Dominican Republic 3 0 1 0.4 7.5
93 EG Egypt 20 1 2 0.3 60.8
94 LK Sri Lanka 6 0 1 0.3 18.3
95 BA Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 0 0 0.3 3.2
96 CF Central African Republic 1 0 0 0.3 3.2
97 AL Albania 1 1 1 0.3 3.4
98 LB Lebanon 1 0 0 0.3 3.7
99 XS Soviet Union (former) 33 0 0 0.2 147.4
100 KG Kyrgyzstan 1 0 0 0.2 4.8
101 ID Indonesia 41 26 28 0.2 197.2
102 HN Honduras 1 0 0 0.2 5.5
103 CU Cuba 2 0 3 0.2 10.9
104 GT Guatemala 2 0 0 0.2 11.0
105 MZ Mozambique 3 0 2 0.2 18.1
106 KE Kenya 4 0 1 0.1 28.8
107 IN India 122 10 48 0.1 919.9
108 PK Pakistan 13 5 6 0.1 125.2
109 ZW Zimbabwe 1 0 1 0.1 11.1
110 CM Cameroon 1 0 1 0.1 13.5
111 KZ Kazakhstan 1 0 0 0.1 17.4
112 SA Saudi Arabia 1 0 1 0.1 18.7
113 IR Iran 3 0 2 0.0 64.6
114 NP Nepal 1 0 0 0.0 21.6
115 UZ Uzbekistan 1 0 0 0.0 23.1
116 CN China 48 0 9 0.0 1190.4
117 TZ Tanzania 1 0 0 0.0 28.7
118 NG Nigeria 2 0 1 0.0 101.2
119 XX Unknown 58 0 0 0.0 5000.0
120 BD Bangladesh 1 0 2 0.0 128.1
121 XW The World (Somewhere in it) 32 3 1 0.0 5000.0
122 XE Europe (Somewhere in it) 2 0 0 0.0 320.0
WHERE PEOPLE USE LINUX
Place Users Percent
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school 4758 11.87%
home 34118 85.11%
not used 2 0.00%
work 12988 32.40%
somewhere 1878 4.68%
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TOTAL 40088 100.00%
NOTE: The total is the 40088 users who answered this question.
Some gave more than one answer, so the number of answers is 53744