State of Fedora, 2016

Fedora Project metrics, for both the operating system use and community health — and a look into what we're working on in 2016.

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1. State of Fedora DevConf.cz, February 2016 Presented by Matthew Miller
2. Fedora Linux Had A Very Productive, Tremendous Year…. With the releases this year of Fedora 22 and Fedora 23, Fedora stakeholders should be proud of themselves with the quality of Fedora releases/support continuing to go up while driving a lot of new innovation and success into Linux. — Phoronix
3. Fedora found its groove again with Fedora Next and turned out its most impressive releases to date. More than just a great release though, the Fedora Project feels re-energized, like Fedora suddenly remembered what it was and where it was going. — The Register
4. Part One: Fedora by the Numbers
5. First, numbers about downloads and stuff.
7. 0 20000 40000 60000 80000 100000 120000 Fedora Update Server Connections (Daily by IP) F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12 F13 F14 F15 F16 F17 F18 F19 F20 F21 F22 F23 Rawhide
8. 0 50000 100000 150000 200000 250000 F21-F23 F20 F15-F19 F9-F14 F8 F6-F7 Rawhide THE GEOLOGIC AGES OF FEDORA
9. Total Fedora Peak for Each Release F8 F14 F22 Most releases peak right before the next one — we're just not there yet with F23! F20
10. 0 20000 40000 60000 80000 100000 120000 140000 Installer Downloads Per Week F20 F21 F22 F23
11. 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Edition Downloads as Percent of Total over Time Atomic Cloud Server (Net) Server Workstation (Net) Workstation
12. 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Edition + Spins Downloads as Percent of Total over Time Security Scientific Robotics Jam Games Electronics Design SoaS Cinnamon MATE LXDE Xfce KDE Atomic Cloud Server (Net) Server Workstation (Net) Workstation
13. 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 9000 Just the Spins (Downloads per Week) KDE Xfce LXDE MATE Cinnamon SoaS Design Electronics Games Jam Robotics Scientific Security
14. 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Update Server Connections by System Architecture (On a Longer Timeframe) ARM 64 ARM 32 x86_64 x86_32
15. 0 100000 200000 300000 400000 500000 600000 700000 800000 900000 Fedora EPEL and Fedora OS Update Server Connections (Everybody loves EPEL!) EPEL Fedora
16. The Fedora Project Is More Than Just an Operating System (And so, here are some numbers about that.)
17. How Big Is the Fedora Contributor Community?
18. So many numbers! 2000+ contributors with at least some activity 800 users active in at least two areas 300 users active in all three counted activites 612 245 661 267 154 78 314 bodhi dist-git wiki Fedora Contributor activity in three key* areas in 2015 * and easily counted
19. Almost 300 users in the top 10% in at least one area in 2015 About 60 users in the top 10% in at least two areas And 9 super-users! (Remember, this is just in the areas we're counting.) 87 48 91 25 17 11 9 bodhi dist-git wiki Narrowed down to the 10% most active in each area, we get...
20. Contributors with an @redhat.com address: 26% Red Hatters sneakily using other domains: 9% Everyone else: 65% Does everyone work for Red Hat? Contributors with the top bodhi, dist-git, and wiki activity in 2015
21. Let's break that down a little more...
22. 0 25 50 75 100 125 150 Number of Contributors Providing Feedback on Package Updates Each Week Grouped by Quarterly Activity Level of Each Contributor Remaining 50% Next 40% Next 9% Top 1%
23. 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Percent of Update Feedback Each Week From Each Activity Level Group Top 1% Next 9% Next 40% Remaining 50%
24. 0 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 275 300 Number of Contributors Making Changes to Packages Each Week Grouped by Quarterly Activity Level of Each Contributor Remaining 50% Next 40% Next 9% Top 1%
25. 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Percent of Package Changes Each Week From Each Activity Level Group Top 1% Next 9% Next 40% Remaining 50%
26. 0 50 100 150 200 250 Number of Contributors Editing the Fedora Wiki Each Week Grouped by Quarterly Activity Level of Each Contributor Remaining 50% Next 40% Next 9% Top 1%
27. 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Percent of Wiki Edits Each Week From Each Activity Level Group Top 1% Next 9% Next 40% Remaining 50%
28. Okay, enough of that.
29. Part Two: The 2016 Crystal Ball
37. Presentation by Matthew Miller, Fedora Project Leader Thanks to the Fedora community for making such an awesome operating system and, even more, making the project such an amazing thing to be part of. And, super extra amazing thanks to Stephen Smoogen and Ralph Bean on the Fedora Infrastructure team. Thanks to them, no Bothans died to bring you this information. Become a statistic! Get Fedora Workstation, Fedora Cloud, or Fedora Server from • http://getfedora.org/ or join the project via • http://whatcanidoforfedora.org/