[geeks] Linux counter stuff

[Will Mc Donald]

> I had to renew my Linux counter entry (sorry, but in early '95 it seemed

(Linux counter? Were/what is that?)

> like a cool thing to do). I took a quick cruise around their stats page
and
> found something interesting. Their "where Linux users live" stat divides
> total population by number of registered users. The Faroe Islands (where
is
> that) rank #1.

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/fo.html

> Does this mean they are the computing equivalent of a
> super-power nation? Iceland, Norway and Finland ranked 2,3 & 4.

Scandanavians do seemingly comprise a large section of the linux community.
With Greenland and Alaska rating highly too it must be a long winter night
thing. It's dark, cold, there's nothing better to do. :)

> The US comes
> after Greenland, who has a whopping 6 registered users. Apparently a large
> portion of our population is MS-centric or compu-illiterate.
>
> Also, the reported CPU's were 53% non-Intel.
>
> Oddly, New Hampshire ranks #2 in percentage of population using Linux in
the
> US (I knew there was a reason I moved here!). Somehow Alaska is #1 (those
> cold spots on the earth seem to like Linux the most). Alabama, W-Virginia
> and Louisiana ranked dead last (as did most of the deep south).


Will.