Debian is a registered trademark of software in the public interest, inc. Ubuntu then knows exactly how popular each package is, and they can use this information to focus their development efforts. This site publishes the statistics gathered from report send by users of the. This information helps us making decisions such as which packages should go on the first cd. The popularity contest however is continuous ubuntu.
The popularitycontest package sets up a cron job that will periodically anonymously submit to the ubuntu developers statistics about the most used ubuntu packages on this system. This site publishes the statistics gathered from report sent by users of the popularitycontest package. This information helps ubuntu make decisions such as which packages should go on the first cd. It sends information about installed packages but this is disabled by default, you can enable it using sudo dpkgreconfigure popularitycontest. Debian popularitycontest program to collect system. In order to confirm that the package has been installed correctly, enter the following command.
Informationen uber paket popularitycontest in xenial ubuntu. Now we just have to wait and see how canonical implements the data collection. How to install popularity contest in ubuntu trusty 14. This package sets up a cron job that will anonymously email the distribution developers periodically with statistics about your most. This site publishes the statistics gathered from report send by users of the popularitycontest package. The popularity contest project is an attempt to map the usage of debian. The ubuntu popularity contest or popcon, in short gathers statistics determining which packages are the most popular with ubuntu users. It is easy to participate in the popularity contest if you are using ubuntu edgy or higher, because it is already installed on your machine by default. Graph of popularitycontest versions in use 12 last months. This package is a complement to the generic popularitycontest package to.
This package sends every week the list of packages installed and the access time of relevant files to the server via email. The popularity contest project is an attempt to map the usage of ubuntu packages. The popularitycontest package sets up a cron job that will periodically anonymously submit to the ubuntu developers statistics about the most used ubuntu. This tool reports to ubuntu which software packages you have installed on your system. Enterpriseworkstationautoinstallpreseed ubuntu wiki. Ubuntu popularity contest the popularity contest project is an attempt to map the usage of ubuntu packages.
The popularitycontest command gathers information about debian packages. How to stop ubuntu from collecting data about your pc. Ubuntu and the coming linux popularity contest cnet. This tool reports to ubuntu which software packages you. Another option to stop providing information without uninstalling popularity contest would be to execute the following command in the terminal. The popularity contest project is an attempt to map the usage of debian packages. Its just a matter of time before ubuntu is crowned enterprise ready by one of the major isvs.
The popularitycontest or popcon tool also is installed by default on ubuntu 18. Once executed, we will be asked again if we want to participate in the survey about the use of packages. How to install popularitycontest in ubuntu trusty 14. Once a week, the popularity contest package submits data to a central server ubuntu.