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Debian architecture usage

FTP download numbers from mirror logs:

 * [[http://blog.bofh.it/id_82|ftp.it.debian.org]]
 * [[http://err.no/personal/blog/tech/Debian/2005-03-04-18-13_ftp.se_download_numbers|ftp.se.debian.org]]
 * [[http://blog.einval.com/2005/03/07#uk-mirror-200503|ftp.uk.debian.org]]
 * [[http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2005/03/08/#more_download_by_arch|Chart comparing above three data]]

These numbers are unrepresentative in several ways. Use with caution. For example:

 * Lots of people have private mirrors
 * Web caches distort download statistics effectively
 * Architecture popularity varies between countries
 * There is no statistics for CD distribution
 * It's unlikely that people do network installs of s390
 * It's possible that one downloads once, then install multiple times
 * Most embedded people are likely to have local mirrors