Smolt (Linux)

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Smolt was a computer program used to gather hardware information from computers running Linux, and submit them to a central server for statistical purposes, quality assurance and support. It was initiated by Fedora, [1] with the release of Fedora 7, [2] and soon after it was a combined effort of various Linux projects. Information collection was voluntary (opt-in) and anonymous. [3] Smolt did not run automatically. It requested permission before uploading new data to the Smolt server. On October 10, 2012, it was announced that smolt would be discontinued on November 1, 2013. [4] That is now in effect. The Smolt webpage is no longer available.

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The project is superseded by Hardware probe. [5]

General

Before Smolt there was no widely accepted system for assembling Linux statistics in one place. Smolt was not the first nor the only attempt, but it is the first accepted by major Linux distributions.

Collecting this kind of data across distributions can:

Use

Smolt was included in:

Smolt server

The Smolt server stored all collected data. [9]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ McGrath, Mike (2007-07-12). "Smolt, Open Invitation". Linux Weekly News. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  2. ↑ Byfield, Bruce (2007-08-08). "Smolt profiles distro hardware use". Linux.com. Archived from the original on May 21, 2011. Retrieved 2 November 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ↑ "Smolt Privacy Policy". Smolt Wiki. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  4. ↑ "Smolt retirement". Fedora. 2012-10-10.
  5. ↑ "Hardware probe". Fedora Wiki. 2019-08-21.
  6. ↑ "Smolt". Smolt Wiki. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  7. ↑ "Smolt". openSUSE wiki. Archived from the original on 9 July 2010. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  8. ↑ "Smolt gets adopted by openSUSE". OSnews.com. 2008-12-09. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  9. ↑ "Smolt". Archived from the original on 2009-02-23. Retrieved 2009-02-25.
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