Reminder: Update your PC info for the next round of statistics updates

There's one little annoyance for me with this PC info system. I have two GPU's but can't enter that into the statistics.

I think you should reformulate the Wine question to a thing more like: "How often do you use Wine to play games", and options like "Never", "Sometimes", "Frequently".

In the last 3 months I've had literally over a half-dozen of distros installed on my computer, but I'm liking so much Fedora that I think I'm gonna settle for now.

There's also the fact that the info is for the "main gaming computer" and I have 4 computers, one that is very old and 3 more modern that I occasionally use for gaming depending on whether I'm at home or away and also dependent on what time of year it is. (during the warmer part of the year, may-sept, I hardly use my "main computer" at all, instead I use either a laptop or a desktop that is in a room below ground level, for coolness sake)

One suggestion about dual-booting. It's probably better to ask: "Do you dual-boot with Windows?" Since some might dual-boot with FreeBSD or the like :)


Last edited by Shmerl on 25 March 2018 at 12:30 pm UTC

There's also the fact that the info is for the "main gaming computer" and I have 4 computers, one that is very old and 3 more modern that I occasionally use for gaming depending on whether I'm at home or away and also dependent on what time of year it is. (during the warmer part of the year, may-sept, I hardly use my "main computer" at all, instead I use either a laptop or a desktop that is in a room below ground level, for coolness sake)

I also have 2 "mainly used" devices (Intel-based laptop and AMD-based powerful desktop). I use both. Which one am I going to prefer this time for statistics...? :)

There's one little annoyance for me with this PC info system. I have two GPU's but can't enter that into the statistics.

Same issue here :P

One suggestion about dual-booting. It's probably better to ask: "Do you dual-boot with Windows?" Since some might dual-boot with FreeBSD or the like :)

At this question : "Do you dual-boot with a different operating system?"
You can answer :
-Yes Windows
-Yes Mac
-Yes ChromeOS
-Yes Other
-No

I think it's nice, maybe you'd like to replace "Other" by BSD-Like ?

One suggestion about dual-booting. It's probably better to ask: "Do you dual-boot with Windows?" Since some might dual-boot with FreeBSD or the like :)

We had this before and people wanted it to be more open, every time we change a question, others come along and want it a different way. Can't constantly change them and please everyone, as far as I'm concerned it's okay how it is and covers the main types people may do.

I just did, thank you for reminder.

When was the last time you used Wine to play a Windows game?
Me: Nearly 3 years. Mainly use Wine for apps that are not exist in Linux (very rarely).

I hope Liam would consider including how many GoL members there are in each continent.

Agree. But before that, we (GoL readers) should define which are consider as the continents. For example, What I learned in school was the Americas continent is considered two continents, North and South which Panama/Colombia border is the seperator. But, some people consider the Americas as one continent.

Another example is Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS a.k.a former Soviet Union countries), while we know Russia culturally is European (even do 70++ % of its area is in Asia), some CIS countries consider them as one of countries in Europe even do geographically isn't.

Probably Liam should open thread to discuss this further.

Lastly, I'm against country-based statistic as certainly will causing HUGE infighting among us. Please do not open that can full of toxic worms.

From what I remember in my grade school days, there are 7 continents:

North America
South America
Africa
Antarctica
Australia
Asia
Europe

And the people of Cuba or El Salvador live in...?

I was distro hopping like crazy this year, but I think I calmed down now. lets see if I can stick to this build until next month lol

From what I remember in my grade school days, there are 7 continents:

North America
South America
Africa
Antarctica
Australia
Asia
Europe

And the people of Cuba or El Salvador live in...?

North America. Central America and most of the Caribbean are usually considered part of North America.

From what I remember in my grade school days, there are 7 continents:

North America
South America
Africa
Antarctica
Australia
Asia
Europe

And the people of Cuba or El Salvador live in...?

North America. Central America and most of the Caribbean are usually considered part of North America.

That must be some per country education rule. In my country America is just one continent (as a whole) and the North, Central and South are just regions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent#Number

That must be some per country education rule. In my country America is just one continent (as a whole) and the North, Central and South are just regions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent#Number

While it seems quite natural to part the Americas (they're only connected by a rather small "passage") (*) , the parting of Europe and Asia seems quite unnatural when looking at a globe, and the "border" is not clear either.

(*) Liam! Please!


Last edited by Eike on 27 March 2018 at 11:36 am UTC