Do you prefer distros that are released on a fixed schedule, as a rolling release, as a slowed-down rolling release like Slowroll, or something else?
- Traditional fixed-schedule releases for me. (38%, 33 Votes)
- It depends on whether I'm using it as a server or as a desktop (30%, 26 Votes)
- I like always up-to-date rolling releases. (16%, 14 Votes)
- I like the slower approach to the rolling release, like openSUSE is doing with Slowroll. (14%, 12 Votes)
- It doesn't matter (2%, 3 Votes)
Total Voters: 88
Start Date: September 30, 2023 @ 1:01 pm
End Date: October 6, 2023 @ 5:00 pm
Has Red Hat changed for the better or for the worse as an open-source company under IBM's ownership?
- Very much for the worse (58%, 11 Votes)
- Slightly for the worse (32%, 6 Votes)
- Neither for the better or worse (11%, 2 Votes)
- Very much for the better (0%, 0 Votes)
- Slightly for the better (0%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 19
Start Date: September 8, 2023 @ 11:49 am
End Date: September 14, 2023 @ 11:00 pm
Which should be the headline of the week?
- L. Ron Hubbard’s Estate Is Against Right To Repair For Scientology’s E-Meters (67%, 8 Votes)
- antiX 23: Anarchic for Sure, but 'Design by Committee' Isn't Always the Best for Linux (33%, 4 Votes)
Total Voters: 12
Start Date: September 2, 2023 @ 1:33 pm
End Date: September 7, 2023 @ 11:00 pm
Which of these Linux Desktop Environments and Window Managers would you most prefer to use?
- Xfce (35%, 131 Votes)
- KDE Plasma (27%, 103 Votes)
- Gnome (17%, 64 Votes)
- Cinnamon (11%, 43 Votes)
- i3 (2%, 9 Votes)
- Mate (2%, 8 Votes)
- Cosmic (2%, 7 Votes)
- Pantheon (2%, 6 Votes)
- OpenBox (1%, 3 Votes)
- LXQT (1%, 1 Votes)
Total Voters: 375
Start Date: February 14, 2023 @ 11:00 pm
End Date: February 21, 2023 @ 6:00 pm
What Linux desktop environment did you use the most in 2022?
- KDE Plasma (35%, 454 Votes)
- Xfce (22%, 285 Votes)
- Gnome (20%, 262 Votes)
- Cinnamon (7%, 91 Votes)
- Other (6%, 75 Votes)
- MATE (4%, 53 Votes)
- Pantheon (3%, 39 Votes)
- COSMIC (1%, 18 Votes)
- LXQT (1%, 11 Votes)
- Budgie (1%, 7 Votes)
- DDE (Deepin Desktop Environment) (0%, 4 Votes)
Total Voters: 1,299
Start Date: February 8, 2023 @ 12:52 am
End Date: February 14, 2023 @ 6:00 pm
Which of these distros would you choose as the ‘Best Linux Distro’ in 2022?
- Fedora (33%, 1,507 Votes)
- Pop!_OS (19%, 874 Votes)
- MX Linux (11%, 489 Votes)
- elementary OS (9%, 399 Votes)
- Ubuntu (8%, 354 Votes)
- Linux Mint (5%, 237 Votes)
- Debian (4%, 201 Votes)
- EndeavourOS (4%, 190 Votes)
- openSUSE (3%, 154 Votes)
- Manjaro (4%, 140 Votes)
Total Voters: 4,545
Start Date: January 12, 2023 @ 12:24 pm
End Date: January 18, 2023 @ 12:00 pm
Which of the GNU/Linux distros listed below would you choose to win the FOSS Force ‘Best Desktop Distro’ Award for 2022?
- MX Linux (17%, 125 Votes)
- Linux Mint (13%, 96 Votes)
- Fedora (13%, 95 Votes)
- Other (11%, 86 Votes)
- openSUSE (11%, 80 Votes)
- Debian (8%, 61 Votes)
- elementary OS (5%, 38 Votes)
- Ubuntu (5%, 37 Votes)
- Manjaro (4%, 28 Votes)
- Pop!_OS (4%, 27 Votes)
- EndeavourOS (3%, 22 Votes)
- KDE Neon (2%, 14 Votes)
- Garuda (1%, 11 Votes)
- AlmaLinux (1%, 8 Votes)
- Zorin (1%, 7 Votes)
- PCLinuxOS (1%, 4 Votes)
- antiX (0%, 3 Votes)
- Kali (0%, 3 Votes)
- ArcoLinux (0%, 3 Votes)
- Linux Lite (0%, 1 Votes)
Total Voters: 749
Start Date: January 4, 2023 @ 8:00 am
End Date: January 11, 2023 @ 12:14 pm
What distro are you using to replace CentOS?
- AlmaLinux (52%, 103 Votes)
- Rocky Linux (27%, 53 Votes)
- I don't use CentOS (6%, 12 Votes)
- RHEL (6%, 11 Votes)
- Something else (4%, 7 Votes)
- EuroLinux (2%, 4 Votes)
- Oracle Linux (2%, 4 Votes)
- openSUSE Leap (1%, 3 Votes)
Total Voters: 197
Start Date: May 9, 2022 @ 4:24 pm
End Date: May 30, 2022 @ 1:05 am
What is your reaction to Elon Musk becoming the sole owner of Twitter?
- I will continue to use Twitter, but I don't like it. (29%, 26 Votes)
- I welcome the change in ownership. (29%, 26 Votes)
- I will quit using Twitter. (18%, 16 Votes)
- I don't use Twitter and I don't care. (16%, 14 Votes)
- I use Twitter and I don't care one way or the other. (8%, 8 Votes)
Total Voters: 90
Start Date: April 25, 2022 @ 3:37 pm
End Date: May 9, 2022 @ 3:37 pm
What do you think about vendors licensing their software under "fauxpen" proprietary licenses?
- It's fine with me (32%, 14 Votes)
- Depending on the circumstances, it could be okay (32%, 14 Votes)
- Never! Fauxpen licenses are too easily confused with open source (30%, 13 Votes)
- I don't know (6%, 3 Votes)
Total Voters: 44
Start Date: December 22, 2021 @ 6:08 pm
End Date: January 5, 2022 @ 6:03 pm
GitHub or GitLab?
- GitLab (48%, 15 Votes)
- GitHub (26%, 8 Votes)
- Something else (26%, 8 Votes)
Total Voters: 31
Start Date: November 17, 2021 @ 4:43 pm
End Date: December 1, 2021 @ 4:52 pm
Would you install Microsoft's Edge browser on Linux?
- No (76%, 42 Votes)
- Yes (18%, 10 Votes)
- I don't know (6%, 3 Votes)
Total Voters: 55
Start Date: November 12, 2021 @ 5:22 pm
End Date: November 26, 2021 @ 5:22 pm
Should the Linux Foundation be making efforts to advance the cause of desktop Linux?
- Yes (95%, 72 Votes)
- No (5%, 4 Votes)
- I don't know (0%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 76
Start Date: May 4, 2017 @ 10:18 am
End Date: November 18, 2021 @ 11:30 am
Which of the GNU/Linux distros listed below would you choose to win the FOSS Force ‘Best Desktop Distro’ Award for 2016?
- Arch (20%, 1,621 Votes)
- elementary (15%, 1,251 Votes)
- PCLinuxOS (10%, 857 Votes)
- Slackware (8%, 678 Votes)
- Solus (8%, 616 Votes)
- Linux Mint (7%, 576 Votes)
- Manjaro (5%, 431 Votes)
- Ubuntu (5%, 393 Votes)
- Debian (4%, 327 Votes)
- Fedora (4%, 296 Votes)
- Antergos (3%, 274 Votes)
- openSUSE (3%, 242 Votes)
- Ubuntu MATE (1%, 118 Votes)
- MX Linux (1%, 113 Votes)
- Xubuntu (1%, 99 Votes)
- KDE neon (1%, 98 Votes)
- Gentoo (1%, 92 Votes)
- Devuan (1%, 53 Votes)
- BunsenLabs (0%, 27 Votes)
- OpenMandriva (2%, 14 Votes)
Total Voters: 8,176
Start Date: January 30, 2017 @ 12:00 pm
End Date: February 6, 2017 @ 12:00 pm
What was the best Linux desktop distribution in 2016? (qualifying round)
- Arch (15%, 931 Votes)
- Linux Mint (12%, 765 Votes)
- PCLinuxOS (9%, 577 Votes)
- Ubuntu (8%, 520 Votes)
- Manjaro (8%, 500 Votes)
- elementary (8%, 483 Votes)
- Solus (6%, 397 Votes)
- Debian (6%, 360 Votes)
- Fedora (6%, 353 Votes)
- openSUSE (5%, 329 Votes)
- Ubuntu MATE (5%, 280 Votes)
- None of the Above (4%, 264 Votes)
- Antergos (4%, 258 Votes)
- Linux Lite (1%, 58 Votes)
- Lubuntu (1%, 40 Votes)
- Mageia (0%, 31 Votes)
- Zorin (0%, 30 Votes)
- deepin (0%, 24 Votes)
- LXLE (2%, 14 Votes)
Total Voters: 6,217
Start Date: January 20, 2017 @ 12:55 pm
End Date: January 28, 2017 @ 12:00 pm
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