> On 09/05/2019 09:09, Simon Matter via CentOS wrote: >>> The price we pay.. :) >> >> Do you say that paying RH customers already received new firefox >> packages? >> >> Regards, >> Simon >> > > No, Red Hat have not yet released any updates for Firefox. I doubt it's > a priority for them.Which makes me believe they don't expect anybody to use RHEL as a desktop system :-( Are there any numbers showing how RHEL is used? That would be interesting. Regards, Simon
it's used for running HPCs a lot On 5/9/19 10:40 PM, Simon Matter via CentOS wrote:>> On 09/05/2019 09:09, Simon Matter via CentOS wrote: >>>> The price we pay.. :) >>> Do you say that paying RH customers already received new firefox >>> packages? >>> >>> Regards, >>> Simon >>> >> No, Red Hat have not yet released any updates for Firefox. I doubt it's >> a priority for them. > Which makes me believe they don't expect anybody to use RHEL as a desktop > system :-( > > Are there any numbers showing how RHEL is used? That would be interesting. > > Regards, > Simon > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
I maintain a desktop oriented repo for CentOS and last I checked a year or so ago, I got over 150k+ unique IPs with yum user agent downloading stuff from it. It's a bit anecdotal as perhaps not all are actual desktop users and some users were using multiple IPs (dhcp), but it shows there are quite a few users out there running CentOS for desktop purposes. There are desktop focused distros out there who do not even reach this kind of numbers. How many active users do you think Mageia or Linux Mint have? -- Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! Nux! www.nux.ro ----- Original Message -----> From: "CentOS mailing list" <centos at centos.org> > To: "CentOS mailing list" <centos at centos.org> > Sent: Friday, 10 May, 2019 05:40:38 > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Firefox esr repackage>> On 09/05/2019 09:09, Simon Matter via CentOS wrote: >>>> The price we pay.. :) >>> >>> Do you say that paying RH customers already received new firefox >>> packages? >>> >>> Regards, >>> Simon >>> >> >> No, Red Hat have not yet released any updates for Firefox. I doubt it's >> a priority for them. > > Which makes me believe they don't expect anybody to use RHEL as a desktop > system :-( > > Are there any numbers showing how RHEL is used? That would be interesting. > > Regards, > Simon > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Hello Nux!, On Fri, 10 May 2019 10:12:59 +0100 (BST) Nux! <nux at li.nux.ro> wrote:> I maintain a desktop oriented repo for CentOS and last I checked a year or so ago, I got over 150k+ unique IPs with yum user agent downloading stuff from it. > > It's a bit anecdotal as perhaps not all are actual desktop users and some users were using multiple IPs (dhcp), but it shows there are quite a few users out there running CentOS for desktop purposes.Few only? I'm a nux repo user for a long time, and heard of it from forums and official pages. It sounds quite obvious to me that CentOS is used for desktop purposes in addition to server or dev systems.> There are desktop focused distros out there who do not even reach > this kind of numbers. How many active users do you think Mageia or > Linux Mint have?Regards, -- wwp -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 836 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20190510/824e7d4e/attachment-0002.sig>
Hi Nux, The number will be higher than that. Some large systems just download once to their own private mirror and install from there. Where I used to work each download went to at least 6 systems, probably more. Regards, Martin On 10/05/2019 10:12, Nux! wrote:> I maintain a desktop oriented repo for CentOS and last I checked a year or so ago, I got over 150k+ unique IPs with yum user agent downloading stuff from it. > > It's a bit anecdotal as perhaps not all are actual desktop users and some users were using multiple IPs (dhcp), but it shows there are quite a few users out there running CentOS for desktop purposes. > > There are desktop focused distros out there who do not even reach this kind of numbers. How many active users do you think Mageia or Linux Mint have? > > -- > Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! > > Nux! > www.nux.ro > > ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "CentOS mailing list" <centos at centos.org> >> To: "CentOS mailing list" <centos at centos.org> >> Sent: Friday, 10 May, 2019 05:40:38 >> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Firefox esr repackage > >>> On 09/05/2019 09:09, Simon Matter via CentOS wrote: >>>>> The price we pay.. :) >>>> >>>> Do you say that paying RH customers already received new firefox >>>> packages? >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Simon >>>> >>> >>> No, Red Hat have not yet released any updates for Firefox. I doubt it's >>> a priority for them. >> >> Which makes me believe they don't expect anybody to use RHEL as a desktop >> system :-( >> >> Are there any numbers showing how RHEL is used? That would be interesting. >> >> Regards, >> Simon >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >-- J Martin Rushton MBCS -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 836 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20190510/49103ec4/attachment-0002.sig>
Am 10.05.2019 um 11:12 schrieb Nux! <nux at li.nux.ro>:> > I maintain a desktop oriented repo for CentOS and last I checked a year or so ago, I got over 150k+ unique IPs with yum user agent downloading stuff from it. > > It's a bit anecdotal as perhaps not all are actual desktop users and some users were using multiple IPs (dhcp), but it shows there are quite a few users out there running CentOS for desktop purposes. > > There are desktop focused distros out there who do not even reach this kind of numbers. How many active users do you think Mageia or Linux Mint have?We are moving our workstations from OSX to EL8 right now. We think its time to couple our activities more tight to the new technologies that come with EL8 ... otherwise the user keeps brain-splitted :-) -- LF