Re: Linux Journal Awards

[Claus Schwarm <c schwarm gmx net>]

Some additional stats and quick surveys:

1.) http://www.dslreports.com/,  started 2001-09-09

"Gnome or KDE"

KDE      70     64.00%
Gnome    39     35.00%
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Total   109    100.00%


2.) http://www.iamnotageek.com/showthread.php?t=37223, started 2002-05-21

"KDE vs. Gnome vs. ??"

KDE               38   56.72%
Gnome             18   26.87%
Something Else    11   16.42%
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Total             67  100.00%


3.) LinuxQuestions.org 2003, started 11-15-2003:

"Desktop of the year"

KDE      627  55.93%
Gnome    339  30.24%
XFCE     121  10.79%
GNUstep   18   1.61%
Ximian    16   1.43%
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Total   1121 100.00%


4.) http://www.linuxformat.co.uk/, started 2004-10-27:

"Which desktop do you use most?"

KDE 3.3      26   39.39%
Older KDE    18   27.27%
GNOME 2.8     6    9.09%
Older GNOME   5    7.58%
Other        10   15.15%
None!         1    1.52%
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Total:      66   100.00%


5.) Quick survey from http://www.linuxworld.com.au/, accessed 2004-10-31

"My window manager is..."

KDE                   46%
GNOME                 25%
Something lighter     12%
CLI                    1%
(ahem) from Microsoft  9%
Other                  7%
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Total                100%