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Wayland usage has overtaken X11 (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago* by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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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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[–] [S] 61 points 2 years ago* (18 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)?

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  • [–] 106 points 2 years ago (15 children)

    Do you have a better way of measuring it?

    No better way of measuring doesn't mean this is a good way of measuring.

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  • [–] -4 points 2 years ago (14 children)

    What way do you imagine would be more precise?

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  • [–] 48 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    A method that attempts to collect data from a randomized or representative population rather than relying on self-report.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    The fact that you need consent to get this data would make a randomized approach impossible.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Yes. It just may be possible that accurate poll data on such things isn't possible.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Steam hardware survey but that will skew towards gamers. That said, it would be a good indicator on how compatible Wayland is.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    What way do you imagine would be more precise?

    Unavoidable analytics, apparently. Yay?

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Well do you want useful stats or not /s

    But seriously, a lot of opt-in (that never get opted in to) data is insanely useful for developers, but it has such a bad stigma that we never get anywhere close to the amount of usefulness a larger dataset could provide.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I like the way kde does it. On first install it gives a slider with how much analytics you want to send. I just do all of it because I trust KDE, but it's nice that it asks you. They probably have some pretty good data.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    This is the important point IMHO. This kind of feedback is exactly something I'd love to do, but I don't think I had any idea about it before this post. Just a little popup on a new install/upgrade would be a much broader net.

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  • [–] 30 points 2 years 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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