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Fedora, for example, already does this with UUIDs and the smolt project. A UUID is generated on installation and used for the 'ping'. The user opts-in at first boot, and the software runs periodically:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smolt_(Linux)

The data is aggregated for reporting:

http://www.smolts.org/



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