BSDstats: May Statistics - 23 998 Hosts Reported In

Gonzalo Nemmi gnemmi at gmail.com
Thu Jun 5 22:52:10 UTC 2008


On Thursday 05 June 2008 17:30:36 Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> --On Thursday, June 05, 2008 16:31:30 +0300 Odhiambo Washington
>
> <odhiambo at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Anyway, I am surprised at how fast PC-BSD is picking up.
> > I know that during installation, it prompts the installer to enable
> > the submission of stats. Could this explain why there are more PC-BSD
> > that there are FreeBSD?
> > For FreeBSD, the owner must know about the stats and configure them to
> > be submitted.
>
> That is why we're working on both improving the site itself (fixing issues
> with the sub-release areas), as well as trying to a more regular monthly
> notice up ... I find a jump in stats each time I do so as more ppl find out
> about it ...
>
> Report I did a few months back shows only 85 Countries reporting in, so
> although its just one host here and there, adding 40 new countries is cool
> ...

I'm one of those that just found out !
Will install bsdstats now =D
Any tips on how to configure will be a welcome addition since there seems to 
be no manpage on bsdstats :(
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=bsdstats&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+7.0-RELEASE&format=html

Thanks!
-- 
Blessings
Gonzalo Nemmi



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