Some “Open Sourcerer” statistics
I thought readers might be interested to know a bit about themselves. I’ve been running this blog for just about 6 months now and there are some mildly interesting statistics from Counterize II - The stats gathering plugin I use.
The Most Used Browsers are:
Mozilla Firefox - 10622 - 58.82 %
Internet Explorer - 5265 - 29.15 %
Unknown - 1205 - 6.67 %
Netscape Navigator - 605 - 3.35 %
Opera - 363 - 2.01 %
When you look at the Operating system numbers below, it is very noticeable how Firefox is way ahead of IE even though the largest single platform of visitors is XP. Of course I do realise that the “ethnography” of the visitors to this site will be somewhat biased. Something that is not shown here is that the IE browser versions are almost all IE6. There are not enough IE7 visitors to get a mention on the browser-by-version statistics. The Firefox number is comprised (in descending order) of mostly 2.0.0.6, some 2.0.0.7 and almost the same 2.0.0.4.
The Most Used Operating Systems are:
Windows XP - 6666 - 40.29 %
Ubuntu Linux - 5198 - 31.42 %
Unknown - 2458 - 14.86 %
Linux - 1107 - 6.69 %
These numbers are quite interesting for two reasons:
Firstly, note the lack of Vista. It isn’t even on the radar at all. I can count on one hand the number of visitors I see running Vista. Perhaps I shouldn’t be so surprised seeing the terrible reputation it has.
Secondly, Linux. Almost as many visitors are running Linux as are Windows XP… As I said, I do realise there are some compelling reasons why Linux users would be more attracted here then Microsoft, but even so, a very significant number of visitors have chosen NOT to use M$ on their desktop. And of those who haven’t switched, many are using an Open Source browser.
Not convinced yet? Go on… Go get Ubuntu’s brand new 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) release and give it a try. Oh yes, and do remember, it’s free.
