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moz-gfx-telemetry | |||
URL: https://people.mozilla.org/~danderson/moz-gfx-telemetry/www/ | |||
Repo: https://github.com/dvander/moz-gfx-telemetry | |||
=Tutorial= | |||
As of Firefox 39, telemetry pings include information about the OS and graphics card environment. This includes driver information (date, version), vendor, and device IDs. With this data, we can begin answering questions like, "How many users will be affected if I block GeForce 8800GT cards?" or "How many users run Intel drivers 8.9.2.1923 on Windows 7?" | As of Firefox 39, telemetry pings include information about the OS and graphics card environment. This includes driver information (date, version), vendor, and device IDs. With this data, we can begin answering questions like, "How many users will be affected if I block GeForce 8800GT cards?" or "How many users run Intel drivers 8.9.2.1923 on Windows 7?" | ||
This document is a short tutorial on how to use our Telemetry tools to answer questions like this. | This document is a short tutorial on how to use our Telemetry tools to answer questions like this. | ||
=Getting Started= | ==Getting Started== | ||
First, visit [https://telemetry-dash.mozilla.org/ Telemetry Dash] and log in with your LDAP account. Click "Launch a Spark Cluster", and add your SSH public key: | First, visit [https://telemetry-dash.mozilla.org/ Telemetry Dash] and log in with your LDAP account. Click "Launch a Spark Cluster", and add your SSH public key: | ||
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=Tips and Tricks= | ==Tips and Tricks== | ||
* Remember that your spark cluster will terminate after 24 hours. Save your .ipynb file, it will not persist to another session. | * Remember that your spark cluster will terminate after 24 hours. Save your .ipynb file, it will not persist to another session. | ||