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Mar 11, 2023Liked by FOSS Post

I wrote DistroWatch with the suggestion that the kernel could have an applet in it that each time it is installed would send data to some on-line database then the applet would self destruct or be removed during the cleanup after installation. Mr Smith wrote back and expressed the opinion that this would be an infringement on the users rights [or something to that effect]. The code, or applet, would only send a ping, or something else, that would be received and the database would count it.

It could also be interesting to know additional information such as CPU. I would not mind letting the Linux database know information on what type of computer I have and even my general location. I would not consider such information sharing to be an infringement on my privacy. Such information might reveal that Linux share of the total OS market is much higher than assumed.

I think that the DistroWatch team does an outstanding job. I notice that some new distros don’t get added to the DistroWatch website. It would be good if all new created distros folks had a organization that they could register their product.

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