 Opinion Poll archive |
Poll results for: I primarily get my technical support
| On distribution forums: | 367 (23%) |
| On mailing lists: | 19 (1%) |
| From web searches: | 957 (59%) |
| Distribution documentation/wiki: | 204 (13%) |
| By asking a friend: | 6 (0%) |
| From books: | 16 (1%) |
| Support chat rooms: | 26 (2%) |
| Other: | 36 (2%) |
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| • To share files between computers I use.... |
| • Have you tried Redox OS? |
| • Unified package managers |
| • I am most interested in Fedora.... |
| • Which beginner distro do you recommend? |
| • What do you think of COSMIC? |
| • Trying Vanilla OS |
| • Building the OS from source code |
| • Full disk encryption or home directory encryption? |
| • What type of smartphone do you own? |
| • Do you prefer Linux Mint or LMDE? |
| • Does your home computer have automatic updates enabled? |
| • Do you run a secure shell service at home? |
| • Which immutable distribution is your favourite? |
| • With CentOS Linux 7 reaching its end of life did you... |
| • Making use of DOS |
| • Which is your favourite branch of openSUSE? |
| • Have you tried running Redox OS? |
| • Writable or immutable filesystems? |
| • Do lightweight desktops provide enough features for you? |
| • How do you feel about Plasma 6? |
| • What is your preferred system installer style? |
| • X.Org will continue to ship in most Linux distros for the next.... |
| • Do you use a flexible storage solution? |
| • Fedora Workstation should default to this desktop: |
| • My CPU supports x86 architecture levels up to version.... |
| • Do you own a minimal computing device? |
| • Did your distro package xz 5.6? |
| • Have you used the Hurd kernel? |
| • Do you prefer fast or slow rolling releases? |
| • Do you purchase Linux media? |
| • Have you used a smart phone as a workstation? |
| • This release season I am most excited for... |
| • What do you think of AI integration in the terminal? |
| • How large is your root partition? |
| • I will first try a distro when... |
| • What do you think of DSL? |
| • Does your distro have an official support schedule? |
| • Utility I use to write ISO/IMG files to media: |
| • Do you use a virtual/voice assistant? |
| • Did you pay for your distro? |
| • Do you distro-hop? |
| • How do you jump to a new directory in a shell? |
| • What should we do with CentOS Linux on our Major Distributions page? |
| • Does your desktop/window manager support Wayland or X11? |
| • What style of swap space do you use? |
| • Window manager vs full desktop environment |
| • Do you run all open source software? |
| • Do you use IPv4 or IPv6? |
| • Do you favour applications which use a specific toolkit? |
| • How long does your Linux laptop battery last? |
| • Favourite flavour of Ubuntu? |
| • When it comes to using a phone with hardware privacy switches... |
| • Do you still use ReiserFS? |
| • Do you run Linux in the cloud? |
| • Do you engage in beta testing? |
| • Do you select your distro based on its package manager? |
| • Have you tried using Hurd? |
| • Does your distribution run the musl C library? |
| • How many user accounts are on your system? |
| • How do you like to position new application windows? |
| • I protect files from being changed/overwritten using... |
| • What do you think of Solus dropping MATE for Xfce? |
| • Do you use sandboxing tools with Snap or Flatpak? |
| • Linking together multiple devices with KDE Connect |
| • Do you have any filesystem flags set? |
| • Are you running a clone of RHEL? |
| • What do you think of Plasma 6? |
| • Do you wrap destructive commands in aliases/scripts? |
| • When openSUSE Leap ends, I will migrate to... |
| • Which branch of openSUSE do you prefer? |
| • Colours in the terminal |
| • How recent is your kernel? |
| • Do you want to use a rolling version of Ubuntu? |
| • Do you want your distro to offer an immutable edition? |
| • Do you manually select where software is installed? |
| • Tracking Internet bandwidth |
| • Do you use filesystem compression? |
| • Where do you use Kodi? |
| • Where do you run Alpine Linux? |
| • How I isolate untrusted applications |
| • Favourite transfer utility |
| • What do you think of distros which mix traditional package sources? |
| • The performance of a distro is... |
| • Does you main OS offer boot environments? |
| • Should we merge news stories into the front page feed? |
| • Should we continue to seed torrents? |
| • Would you run CDE? |
| • Do you use disk or filesystem checking tools? |
| • Do you use portable package formats? |
| • I transfer files between computers using... |
| • Are you running Arch? |
| • How many partitions do you have? |
| • Which distro category interests you? |
| • Does your distro offer an OEM install? |
| • To remove special characters from filenames I use... |
| • Do you create your own aliases? |
| • Swap file vs swap partition |
| • When a new version comes out... |
| • How many packages are installed on your distro? |
| • Is your home directory open to other users? |
| • My favourite firewall management tool is... |
| • Did your computer come bundled with Linux? |
| • Do you prefer Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Unity, or Ubuntu (GNOME Shell)? |
| • Should SpiralLinux have a rolling release? |
| • Running MicroOS |
| • Remotely accessing a computer outside the LAN |
| • Is your root account unlocked? |
| • Do you plan to use the Linglong repository? |
| • Running immutable operating systems |
| • When it comes to update notifications I want... |
| • Why do you run a plain window manager? |
| • Sandboxing software for Linux |
| • When installing new operating system versions I... |
| • Which desktop do you run on an Arch base? |
| • Do you customize your desktop theme? |
| • Using the Nix package manager |
| • What do you think of the Murena phones running /e/OS? |
| • Do you run RHEL or a clone? |
| • openSUSE Leap or Tumbleweed? |
| • A rolling flavour of Ubuntu... |
| • Dedicated gaming machine |
| • Which is your favourite privacy-focused distro? |
| • What do you think of Unity returning? |
| • Which phone would you recommend for testing Linux? |
| • Running desktop Linux on my Android phone is something I would do... |
| • Ubuntu migrating applications to Snap packages is... |
| • Debian-based or Lubuntu-based Peppermint OS? |
| • Do you boot in UEFI or Legacy BIOS mode? |
| • My primary OS runs on a... |
| • My home directory permissions... |
| • Do you sync files with Nextcloud? |
| • Tracking filesystem changes |
| • Do any of your computers run off-line? |
| • Reverting package changes |
| • How large is your bookmark collection? |
| • What do you think of Distrobox? |
| • I first tried Slackware around... |
| • Would you like more PinePhone reviews? |
| • Do you have any Linux certifications? |
| • Your opinion on UBports? |
| • How did you learn the Linux command line? |
| • Have you tried CDE? |
| • My favourite distro of 2021 was |
| • Protecting a shared computer |
| • Have we reached the year of the Linux desktop? |
| • Do you run a firewall on your PC? |
| • Running out of space in RAM |
| • Regarding scripts triggered at login |
| • Which is your preferred lightweight desktop? |
| • Fixed versus when-ready release schedules |
| • My favourite web browser is... |
| • Will you buy the PinePhone Pro? |
| • Do you like the classic banner or the new banner better? |
| • Are you more likely to use Snap now that third-party repositories are possible? |
| • Remote multi-machine management tools |
| • Do you have a virtual PDF printer? |
| • Link to ISO or IMG files for new releases? |
| • What do you think of Calamares? |
| • I have been running Linux... |
| • Which terminal do you use? |
| • Do you run Debian? |
| • Favourite CentOS alternative |
| • Do you defrag your Btrfs volume? |
| • Handling formerly dormant projects which no longer meet our criteria |
| • Amount of "used" memory |
| • Running AppImage, Flatpak, and Snap |
| • I prefer to run Debian... |
| • Trying Bedrock Linux |
| • My favourite shell is |
| • To run non-native applications I... |
| • To span multiple devices I use |
| • For writing ISO files to a thumb drive I use |
| • I guard my files with |
| • I use the following self-hosted services |
| • Favourite Red Hat Enterprise Linux clone |
| • Primary method for installing third-party software |
| • Running the Arch Linux installer |
| • I keep track of user logins using |
| • I guard my files from my own programs with... |
| • My preferred Linux filesystem |
| • The country of origin for a distro... |
| • Running Fedora and Fedora-based projects |
| • Running services on remote machines |
| • Packet filters |
| • Do you write your own scripts? |
| • Running Kodi at home |
| • Do you run a HWE kernel? |
| • Running KDE Connect |
| • To cache files I use... |
| • When it comes to KIS distributions I... |
| • My favourite parent distro is |
| • I perform admin tasks using... |
| • Does all of your hardware work with Linux? |
| • How many packages are installed on your Linux system? |
| • I am moving from CentOS Linux to... |
| • Number of entries in my fstab file |
| • Digital assistants |
| • Free software covers... |
| • Do you enable Secure Boot? |
| • When it comes to recommending a Linux distro |
| • What do you think of Material Shell? |
| • Does Wayland or X.Org provide a better experience? |
| • How much of your disk space is unused? |
| • Tools for detecting rookits |
| • Using zRAM |
| • Do you run the Deepin desktop? |
| • Would you install Linuxfx for friends/family? |
| • How did you download your latest ISO? |
| • Using Docker containers |
| • Do you use the Nix package manager? |
| • Running Fedora on Btrfs |
| • Commercial or community project |
| • Do you run MINIX? |
| • Were you affected by the Boothole patch? |
| • Do you own a Linux-powered phone? |
| • Open source alternatives to Linux |
| • Would you purchase LibreOffice? |
| • Installing a distro on Btrfs |
| • Encrypted home directories |
| • The filesystem layout |
| • Supporting multiple init systems |
| • Tagging files on Linux |
| • I gain access to non-native features using |
| • Keeping root and /home together or separate |
| • Command line aliases |
| • The source of your web browser package |
| • Sharing screens and terminals |
| • First impressions of Ubuntu 20.04 |
| • Running older, 32-bit CPUs |
| • Linux-based appliances |
| • Monitoring network traffic rates |
| • Using the OpenSSH fingerprint option |
| • Donating computing cycles |
| • The EarlyOOM service in Fedora 32 |
| • Position of your distro on the PHR chart |
| • Sharing a home directory |
| • Favourite Solus edition |
| • Unusual Void features |
| • Are you planning to get an /e/ phone? |
| • Tools for cloning hard drives and partitions |
| • Single focus versus general purpose distributions |
| • Purchasing official distribution computers |
| • Does init software choice matter? |
| • Allowing regular users to access storage drives |
| • Delta package updates |
| • Disk encryption and file vaults |
| • When installing (or testing) a distribution on a desktop computer, I prefer: |
| • Project Trident migrating from FreeBSD/TrueOS to Void |
| • Favourite shell short-cut |
| • Teaching ethics in IT courses |
| • Running community spins |
| • How many people use your home computer? |
| • Vertical desktop panels |
| • How do you feel about ZFS on root? |
| • Do you purchase support for your distribution? |
| • Does your server run a graphical interface? |
| • Which Ubuntu flavour should we review? |
| • Why do you use portable packages? |
| • DNS over HTTPS |
| • Applications running on Wayland sessions |
| • Largest process in memory |
| • SELinux and AppArmor |
| • How is EndeavourOS doing compared to Antergos? |
| • Open source drivers and firmware versus closed drivers and firmware |
| • Methods for finding files |
| • Custom desktop versus vanilla desktop |
| • GNU/Linux phones in 2019 |
| • Limiting storage space usage |
| • How did you come to have a DIY router/firewall? |
| • Mageia and OpenMandriva |
| • Running 32-bit applications |
| • Running Android apps on GNU/Linux |
| • Tool for renaming multiple files |
| • Boot times |
| • How long have you been visiting DistroWatch? |
| • Using a firewall at home |
| • Do you run a GNU/Linux distribution on a mobile device? |
| • Which kernel version are you running? |
| • Wiping an application's changes after use |
| • Using a proxy for web browsing |
| • Programs for creating backups |
| • Reviewing an Ubuntu edition |
| • What is the most important web browser feature? |
| • Using a live distro for secure tasks |
| • Looking through log files |
| • Kubuntu or KDE neon |
| • Automatically starting applications |
| • Removing data from old hard drives |
| • Preventing a window from stealing focus |
| • What kind of stability do you want from your distro? |
| • Preferred process monitor |
| • Do you have a NAS for home/personal use? |
| • Which new distro should be listed as a major project? |
| • Which comes first, the desktop or the distro? |
| • Tools to keep processes in line |
| • Longest use of a single Linux distro |
| • Running a Pinebook |
| • What do you think of Void's unusual approach? |
| • How many non-free packages are installed on your system? |
| • How much swap space do you use? |
| • Does Haiku suit your needs? |
| • Size and frequency of package updates |
| • Fedora Silverblue |
| • IBM purchasing Red Hat |
| • Lubuntu switching to LXQt |
| • Using ARM-powered computers |
| • Linux user groups (LUGs) |
| • Region-specific distributions |
| • Booting multiple operating systems |
| • Running operating systems that no longer receive security updates |
| • Solid state drives |
| • Open versus proprietary video drivers on Linux |
| • Verifying ISO downloads |
| • sudo versus su |
| • Limiting process resource usage |
| • Review of Linux Mint Debian Edition 3 |
| • Portable operating system on a thumb drive |
| • Building software updates from source |
| • Web apps versus desktop applications |
| • Boot environments |
| • Reacting to CPU security flaws |
| • The MintBox Mini 2 |
| • Using FreeBSD in its many forms |
| • Preferred init software |
| • Running Android on a desktop/laptop computer |
| • Favourite feature of openSUSE |
| • OEMs shipping a customized operating system |
| • GNOME removing the ability to launch programs from Nautilus |
| • Atomic updates versus live patching |
| • Customized GNOME vs vanilla GNOME |
| • Ubuntu running GNOME Shell versus Unity |
| • Dual booting versus virtual machines |
| • How long should long term support last? |
| • How long have you been running the same distro? |
| • Learning Linux from books |
| • Running legacy or new software |
| • Educational videos |
| • The size of your distribution |
| • New Plasma features |
| • Documentation sources |
| • Getting software not in a distro's official repositories |
| • Mining cryptocurrency vs advertisements |
| • Commercial Linux distributions |
| • Favourite rolling release base |
| • HiDPI screens |
| • Wayland vs Xorg |
| • Thoughts on Linspire and Freespire |
| • How many distributions did you install in the past two weeks? |
| • Dedicated computer for media playing |
| • Privacy protecting distributions |
| • Scheduling tasks |
| • Laptop battery life on Linux |
| • ARM desktops and laptops |
| • Number of supported editions |
| • Desktop environments that look like other operating systems |
| • Migrating from Unity to GNOME |
| • Cross-platform ports and packages |
| • Utility discs |
| • 32-bit being dropped by distributions |
| • Web browsers and non-free DRM |
| • User interfaces for GNU/Linux mobile devices |
| • Graphical control panel vs text files |
| • Personal media server |
| • Is the package manager important? |
| • Snap packages and Flatpak |
| • Running a BSD flavour |
| • Gaming on Linux |
| • The Unity 7 desktop environment |
| • Installing applications on a new computer |
| • Checking system logs |
| • Installing source-based packages |
| • Installing software on Debian Stable |
| • Single purpose, single platform distributions |
| • Computers older than i686 |
| • Comfort with the command line |
| • The Linux-libre kernel |
| • Running Devuan |
| • Wake-on-LAN |
| • SELinux and AppArmor |
| • Future computer purchases with Linux pre-installed |
| • Disk fragmentation |
| • Android apps on GNU/Linux |
| • Modern package managers and formats |
| • Sources for new software |
| • Using a VPN or Tor |
| • Removing old temporary files |
| • Gaining elevated access for administrator tasks |
| • Changing the look of our header |
| • Running a personal server |
| • New navigation menu |
| • Hobbyist and single board computers |
| • Time spent on the command line |
| • Favourite archive format |
| • Virtual machines, packages and containers |
| • Running alternative phone operating systems |
| • Running desktop applications remotely |
| • Favourite torrent client |
| • Commonly used processor architectures |
| • Preferred video card brand |
| • Process isolation |
| • Future feature stories |
| • New header bar appearance |
| • Time for a new look? |
| • Graphical user interfaces across devices |
| • Verifying ISO downloads |
| • Searching vs browsing application menus |
| • Favourite window manager |
| • The governing of distributions |
| • Downloading directly vs torrents |
| • Do you work in an information technology field? |
| • What is your preferred BSD? |
| • Where do you use Linux? |
| • What is in a name? |
| • Preferred web browser |
| • Encrypting messages |
| • How important are software licenses to you? |
| • What is holding you back from Linux |
| • The state of Devuan |
| • Status of gaming on Linux |
| • What was your first Linux distribution? |
| • Minimal vs full distributions |
| • I primarily get my technical support |
| • Favourite command line shell |
| • Cross-distro package formats |
| • 32-bit vs 64-bit x86 |
| • Accessing the Internet using IPv6 |
| • How can open source projects best raise funds? |
| • How long should hardware be supported? |
| • Self-hosted services |
| • Beta testing |
| • Upgrade vs fresh install |
| • Compiling your own kernel |
| • Are you using HTTPS on DistroWatch? |
| • Voting for distros on the waiting list? |
| • Upstream or downstream distributions? |
| • When it comes to Ubuntu tablets and phones... |
| • Video chat software |
| • How do you test new distributions? |
| • Do you buy computers with Linux pre-installed? |
| • Review which Ubuntu community edition? |
| • Books for learning Linux |
| • Package manager |
| • Customizing the desktop |
| • Do you use swap space? |
| • Favourite video card brand |
| • Using live discs |
| • Using Tor |
| • Have you ever created your own distribution/spin? |
| • Frequency of installing software updates |
| • Let's Encrypt |
| • Source-based distributions |
| • Webmail vs local e-mail clients |
| • Web browser extensions |
| • Using encumbered codecs |
| • Wayland and Mir |
| • Why not use advanced file systems? |
| • Number of home computers |
| • Open or closed source web browsers |
| • Convergence |
| • Favourite productivity suite |
| • Preferred way to acquire an ISO file |
| • Gaming on Linux |
| • Disk encryption |
| • When selecting distros for different tasks I... |
| • Running non-native software |
| • File systems |
| • I switched to Linux/BSD due to |
| • Dual Booting |
| • Adobe Flash should be |
| • I contribute to open source software by |
| • Backup solutions |
| • Code of Conduct |
| • systemd usage |
| • Level of FOSS usage |
| • My OSes are (32- vs 64-bit) |
| • Distro-hopping frequency |
| • Obscure distribution reviews |
| • I want more reviews on |
| • Fixed vs Rolling Releases |
| • Favourite Desktop |
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