On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 06:14:27PM -0300, Matias Fonzo wrote: > "Popular" based on what?. This could induce to the possible interested > person in make believe that a distribution is better than another, and > also leave the suspicious that the people behind the FSF or GNU is > manipulating the ranking in favor of a specific distribution. > > This sucks, simple because not all the listed distributions have been > built to win a popularity contest ...
Yes, that is how I mean it that some distributions are more popular over others and may be thus easier accessible or easier installable or providing more packages or more opportunities for the new users. There is no information or comparison on the distribution page. That may prevent new users to understand which distribution is better for them on long term. I don't see nothing wrong in asking public, GNU users to express themselves in a poll which distribution is used more over the other. Surveys are classic methods to find out what public needs and wants. Sure not all distributions are there to win popularity and have their specific purposes. No need to think negatively, like what would somebody think, come on... So far we have the list of variety of distributions. But not the number of downloads of each and not any information about their distribution in the world, usage or areas of usage.
