Note: Changelog at bottom.
I have done some more work on the user statistics page tonight. I have now included an option to pick your resolution.
Please update your profile (scroll to the bottom) to pick your resolution. If you didn't see the comments on the previous article, you can now hide your details so it won't appear on your profiles at all (so your details will be properly anonymous).
I am continuing to developing it even if I don't talk about it on GOL much (Levi will back me up with git logs!). You can also follow my coding failures on Twitter if you desire.
Today I have refactored the stats generation and the actual page that displays it to make it much easier for me to add in new graphs. This took a while to get right, but it means I can add new graphs if I want to/if the community want them a lot faster than before.
I have also done some back-end changes to make managing the graphs easier. Not quite where I want it yet, but getting closer.
It may seem slow, but it's getting there. It may be in a state soon where I can set it up to regenerate the graphs automatically. The code is there, but I am doing it manually until it's at a point where I'm happy for it to be done automatically. Once that is done I will enable people to pick previous graphs to display and we can talk about them more!
I have as suggested changed the order on the RAM graph to go from lowest to highest RAM, instead of being sorted by total users. I think it makes more sense after thinking on it as it looks more naturally structured for reading it.
Once I am happy for it to automatically generate, I will work on the actual survey page to allow more specific gaming questions and for people who don't have accounts here on GOL to participate in it too.
I will do a regeneration soon when more people have added their resolutions, I did a quick one just now so the stats page is up to date right now.
I have to say though, I do love the stats page. I am really surprised at just how many Arch users we have visiting us, wow!
If you have more suggestions for it then fire away in the comments, would love to know what features you would find useful on it.
If you like what I do with GOL, please consider supporting me on Patreon. If not, no worries I love what I do!
Ps. Sorry for the downtime tonight, totally my fault, big thanks to Levi our awesome server admin for fixing up my misshap.
Update: 19/06/16 18:00PM UTC
- Distribution moved to pc info section on profile, so it's now hidden if you hide your pc info.
- Dual boot answers now show up on profiles and graphs
- Fixed more back-end stuffs
- Regenerated graphs again!
Update: 19/06/16 12:50PM UTC
- Added total users who answered the question below each graph
Update: 19/06/16 11:11AM UTC
- More resolutions added
- Nicer error handling if the graph has not been generated yet
- Added distro architecture graph back in
- Adjusted screen resolution question, it's main gaming resolution, not resolution of all monitors together
- Added dual-booting question
- Fresh graphs generated
- Yes I am working on a Sunday, send help Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
I have done some more work on the user statistics page tonight. I have now included an option to pick your resolution.
Please update your profile (scroll to the bottom) to pick your resolution. If you didn't see the comments on the previous article, you can now hide your details so it won't appear on your profiles at all (so your details will be properly anonymous).
I am continuing to developing it even if I don't talk about it on GOL much (Levi will back me up with git logs!). You can also follow my coding failures on Twitter if you desire.
Today I have refactored the stats generation and the actual page that displays it to make it much easier for me to add in new graphs. This took a while to get right, but it means I can add new graphs if I want to/if the community want them a lot faster than before.
I have also done some back-end changes to make managing the graphs easier. Not quite where I want it yet, but getting closer.
It may seem slow, but it's getting there. It may be in a state soon where I can set it up to regenerate the graphs automatically. The code is there, but I am doing it manually until it's at a point where I'm happy for it to be done automatically. Once that is done I will enable people to pick previous graphs to display and we can talk about them more!
I have as suggested changed the order on the RAM graph to go from lowest to highest RAM, instead of being sorted by total users. I think it makes more sense after thinking on it as it looks more naturally structured for reading it.
Once I am happy for it to automatically generate, I will work on the actual survey page to allow more specific gaming questions and for people who don't have accounts here on GOL to participate in it too.
I will do a regeneration soon when more people have added their resolutions, I did a quick one just now so the stats page is up to date right now.
I have to say though, I do love the stats page. I am really surprised at just how many Arch users we have visiting us, wow!
If you have more suggestions for it then fire away in the comments, would love to know what features you would find useful on it.
If you like what I do with GOL, please consider supporting me on Patreon. If not, no worries I love what I do!
Ps. Sorry for the downtime tonight, totally my fault, big thanks to Levi our awesome server admin for fixing up my misshap.
Update: 19/06/16 18:00PM UTC
- Distribution moved to pc info section on profile, so it's now hidden if you hide your pc info.
- Dual boot answers now show up on profiles and graphs
- Fixed more back-end stuffs
- Regenerated graphs again!
Update: 19/06/16 12:50PM UTC
- Added total users who answered the question below each graph
Update: 19/06/16 11:11AM UTC
- More resolutions added
- Nicer error handling if the graph has not been generated yet
- Added distro architecture graph back in
- Adjusted screen resolution question, it's main gaming resolution, not resolution of all monitors together
- Added dual-booting question
- Fresh graphs generated
- Yes I am working on a Sunday, send help Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Not sure how easy it would be to do, but would people be interested if I put up a downloadable sheet of the stats so that we have completely open data? Again I need to stress no user details would be inside it, so no privacy issues.
I know people asked for it before with our old survey done with google.
I know people asked for it before with our old survey done with google.
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Quoting: liamdaweIs that a real resolution, or the res of multiple monitors counted together (which does not count unless you genuinely play all your games at that res)?
Well it depends, its over 3 monitors, if I enable xinerama I got 5760x1080.
And not all games support that.
So I guess I could pick 1920x1080, cause I often game on that.
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Quoting: GuestHmm, not sure exactly what to do with that part. Maybe a note to make people aware it will still show up, and have an extra option to disable it so everyone is happy? All easy to do.Quoting: liamdaweeven if you hide your PC details your Distro is still listed right now on profiles and comments.I like it that way.
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Added the total count of users who answered each question below the graph.
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Done!
Could you also add audio information? (2-channel, 6-channel, 8-channel, more?). I need something to brag about, because my system is otherwise mediocre. Since I actually use all 8 of my mobo's built-in audio channels, I assume I'm way ahead of most of you stereo/headphone plebs in that department.
Last edited by MajGuano on 19 June 2016 at 2:45 pm UTC
Could you also add audio information? (2-channel, 6-channel, 8-channel, more?). I need something to brag about, because my system is otherwise mediocre. Since I actually use all 8 of my mobo's built-in audio channels, I assume I'm way ahead of most of you stereo/headphone plebs in that department.
Last edited by MajGuano on 19 June 2016 at 2:45 pm UTC
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Nice work, Liam.
While you're at it, could you please consider putting he resolution graph in the same order as the drop down, or sorting it by pixel count, essentially doing the same as for the RAM graphics?
I think that releasing the raw information would be nice, that way developers could conduct their own statistics :-)
I can't remember, was it planned to put some graphs to picture the evolution of system config with time ?
Maybe you should consider open sourcing the whole (under AGPL). That way, we could just send you PRs instead of comments ;-)
Plus, transparency (looking at you, steam...).
Edit : regarding privacy, maybe keep it the current way, but add a "customize" link to allow customization of every setting. Then, display an icon next to each setting showing the individual settings (along with a warning that administrators are able to see it anyway). It doesn't seem too complicated to implement, provides added value, and distribution visibility can default to true unless customized. Everyone happy I
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Last edited by MayeulC on 19 June 2016 at 5:13 pm UTC
While you're at it, could you please consider putting he resolution graph in the same order as the drop down, or sorting it by pixel count, essentially doing the same as for the RAM graphics?
I think that releasing the raw information would be nice, that way developers could conduct their own statistics :-)
I can't remember, was it planned to put some graphs to picture the evolution of system config with time ?
Maybe you should consider open sourcing the whole (under AGPL). That way, we could just send you PRs instead of comments ;-)
Plus, transparency (looking at you, steam...).
Edit : regarding privacy, maybe keep it the current way, but add a "customize" link to allow customization of every setting. Then, display an icon next to each setting showing the individual settings (along with a warning that administrators are able to see it anyway). It doesn't seem too complicated to implement, provides added value, and distribution visibility can default to true unless customized. Everyone happy I
O.
Last edited by MayeulC on 19 June 2016 at 5:13 pm UTC
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Quoting: GuestYup, that will do!Quoting: liamdaweHmm, not sure exactly what to do with that part. Maybe a note to make people aware it will still show up, and have an extra option to disable it so everyone is happy? All easy to do.As far as I’m concerned nothing has to change. If you go for the additional checkbox I think it would be better to add a checkbox next to the distro setting that says "Show on comments even if profile is private". That way you don’t have to add a note and things stay consistent.
Quoting: MyeulCWhile you're at it, could you please consider putting he resolution graph in the same order as the drop down, or sorting it by pixel count, essentially doing the same as for the RAM graphics?
Fixed it.
Last edited by Liam Dawe on 19 June 2016 at 5:46 pm UTC
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I have also added all these extra bits into the pc info overlay now too so it's up to date (I really need to make that share code with the profiles).
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TacoDeBoss Jun 19, 2016
Quoting: ElectricPrismI like rolling release too, so I just use Debian Sid.Quoting: PublicNuisanceUpdated. Wow I am surprised about the number of Arch users. I was led to believe by various users on different forums that it wasn't a very popular Distro due to it being harder to get the hang of. Maybe the news was wrong.
My mom uses arch, my brother uses arch, my wife uses arch, my moms office uses arch, I use arch, our laptops are arch and our Sofa Samsung TV uses arch too.
Make a install guide to expedite future arch installs, rolling release is the shiznit.
I can't stand using anything besides apt/dpkg for my package management.
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