GNOME report with generalization of data obtained after collecting telemetry

published a report on the composition of GNOME users, prepared Based on the data obtained as a result of the collection of telemetry, 2560 users who voluntarily use the Gnome-Info-Collect tool to send information about their systems. The data obtained will allow the developers to understand the preferences of users and take them into account when making decisions related to increasing the convenience of work and the development of the shell.

Distributions used:

  • fedora 54.69%
  • arch 18.64%
  • ubuntu 10.61%
  • manjaro 5.56%

Flatpak support:

  • Flatpak installed 93.13%
  • Flatpak is not installed 6.87%

default browser:

  • Firefox 73.14%
  • chrome 11.64%
  • Brave 4.76%
  • gnome web 1.99%
  • vivaldi 1.91%
  • Librewolf 1.79%
  • chromium 1.71%
  • Junction 1.55%
  • Microsoft Edge 1.51%

Equipment manufacturer:

  • lenovo 23.54%
  • dell 15.01%
  • asus 11.91%
  • hp 10.17%
  • msi 9.72%
  • gigabyte 9.63%
  • acer 3.92%

Active functions of remote access:

  • ssh 20.95%
  • Remote access to the desktop 9.85%
  • File exchange 6.36%
  • Exchange of multimedia data 4.29%

Accounts in Online services


established additions to Gnome Shell:

  • Appendicator Support 43.66%
  • Gsconnect 26.70%
  • user theme 26.46%
  • dash to dock / panel 23.00%
  • Sound Output Chooser 22.88%
  • Blur My Shell 21.06%
  • clipboard manager 20.26%
  • caffeine 17.68%
  • system monitor 13.75%
  • Just Perfection Desktop 12.63%
  • drive menu 12.32%
  • Apps Menu 12.24%
  • Place menus 10.97%
  • Openweather 9.61%
  • Bluetooth Quick Connect 9.50%
  • Night Theme Switcher 8.26%
  • Tiling Assistant 7.31%
  • Launch New Instance 7.15%
  • Rounded Window Corners 6.28%
  • Game Mode 5.80%
  • alphabetical App Grid 5.80%
  • Burn My Windows 5.56%
  • gnome ui tune 4.61%
  • auto move windows 3.93%
  • desktop icons 3.89%

Installed applications ( full list ):

  • gimp 58.48%
  • VLC 53.71%
  • Steam 53.40%
  • htop 46.25%
  • DCONF Editor 43.28%
  • Extension Manager 38.44%
  • Inkscape 37.19%
  • Flatseal 36.80%
  • discord 36.64%
  • Chrome 35.12%
  • gnome web 35.08%
  • chromium 34.02%
  • thunderbird 32.19%
  • gparted 31.05%
  • wine 30.16%
  • Obs Studio 30.08%
  • Visual Studio Code 28.36%
  • Transmission 28.09%
  • Telegram 27.85%
  • GEARY 26.25%

/Media reports cited above.