News from the Linux Counter Project

• January 21, 2007: An updated version (0.30) of the machine-update script is now available.
• October 5, 2006: To make the Counter more appealing it now has an experimental RSS feed
• October 4, 2006: As of today the Linux Counter is banning emails containing images
• November 12, 2005: The Linux Counter is currently trying to become W3C validated
• November 4, 2005: The internationalized Linux Counter site switched to Gimel and https secured now
• August 17, 2005: Login and administrative parts of the Linux Counter site now only available via HTTPS
• April 19, 2005: The new machine is now paid for!
• January 17, 2005: The Linux Counter asks you for money
• January 3, 2005: Start Translating the Linux Counter site.
• December 27, 2004: The Counter is changing to Unicode
• January 7, 2004: The Counter has a new mailing system
• January 7, 2004: Waking up thousands of old registrants
• November 7, 2003: One-Click-Renewal facility at last
• September 30, 2003: The Linux Counter is ten years old!
• April 23, 2003: Attacked by Grub - an uncontrolled spider indexes the counter.
• April 6, 2003: An analysis of why the count dropped in the first 2 months of 2003
• March 19, 2002: Old records are now being removed continuously.
  If you cannot find your record - check the login page for help!
• November 1, 2001: All accounts that were marked BAD (some 92.000) are now being set into FROZEN state. This means that they will not be counted until someone logs in on that account; for all other intents and purposes, they are deleted.
• October 2001: The Great Deletion date is set for November 1, 2001
• Jan 2001: Email to old users goes out
  The Counter emails all users who have been registered for more than 2 years
• Jan 15, 2001: Running kernel versions
  See what percentage of people use various kernel versions!
• Oct 9, 2000: See the most Penguin-friendly places on Earth!
• Aug 14, 2000: The Counter moves to UNINETT
• Mar 9, 2000: The Counter Internationalization Project is started!
• Feb 16, 2000: The LUGWW project joins forces with the Linux Counter
• Oct 14, 1999: The Counter moves to a new machine!
• Oct 1: The new logo is voted in
• Aug 27: Take the Linux Counter Survey!
• May 26, 8:09 GMT: The count passes 100.000 entries!

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