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Source: https://linux-hardware.org/?view=os_display_server

Reporting is done by users who voluntarily upload their system specs via
# hw-probe -all -upload

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[–] [email protected] 132 points 6 months ago (44 children)

Reporting is done by users who voluntarily upload their system specs via
# hw-probe -all -upload

So not skewed at all...

[–] [email protected] 59 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (20 children)

Do you have a better way of measuring it?
In what direction would voluntary self-reporting of all system specs skew the display server statistic (and why)?

[–] dandroid 29 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I imagine people who care about this sort of thing are more likely to report it. And people who care about this sort of thing are also more likely to be early adopters and go through the effort of switching to Wayland.

The way to get a more random sample is not something I want (built-in, automatic telemetry by default). So I'm fine with having skewed data for something like this.

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