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DistroWatch Opinion Polls

A weekly opinion poll which explores preferences with regards to open source software.

Opinion Poll archive
• Could you use Haiku as your primary operating system?
• What is your preferred interface for managing a home server?
• What is the default shell of your main distro?
• What is your alternative to the AUR?
• Which proposal on LLM-created content will Debian adopt?
• What is your preferred approach to managing software packages?
• Will an AI-libre fork of Linux be created?
• Does Google blocking the installation of third-party apps affect you?
• Which utility do you use to run admin commands?
• What is your favourite release cycle?
• Do you use the AUR?
• How many command line shells do you use regularly?
• Do you check minimum system requirements prior to installing a new distro?
• Which OS do you prefer for a tablet?
• Do you own a tablet?
• How do you clean your system?
• How many fonts are on your system?
• Does your computer use an integrated or discrete video card?
• How long do you usually run the same distro?
• Do you own a gaming console?
• What is your preferred desktop layout?
• Will age verification affect your choice in distro?
• Will you use jails on NetBSD?
• How large is your root filesystem?
• Which is your favourite parent distro?
• Do you run a non-Linux open source kernel?
• Do you run a firewall on your home computer?
• Do you use Nix or Guix?
• What is your most commonly used command?
• What software do you use to share files on a home network?
• Do you notice a change in performance from different filesystems?
• Does your desktop support convergence?
• What is your preferred style of system installer?
• Favourite revived desktop environment?
• What is your favourite resource for learning Linux?
• What was your favourite FOSS operating system of 2025?
• Your preferred website filtering option?
• Do you prefer to use the FreeBSD distribution sets or pkgbase?
• How would you like to run your LLM tools?
• Do you manage your video driver?
• Do you use a sandbox?
• Which flavour of Fedora is your favourite?
• Favourite approach to managing a server
• Are you new to Linux because of End of 10?
• Do you encrypt your backups?
• Which is your favourite flavour of Ubuntu?
• Which is your preferred configuration tool on openSUSE?
• Which is the better demo distro?
• Do you or have you run NetBSD?
• Do you use BCacheFS?
• Have you tried the Hurd kernel?
• Do you run a member of the illumos family?
• Do you run any containers?
• Do you run Debian or one of its child distros?
• Does your distro provide a unified package manager?
• Which branch of Debian do you run?
• My favourite open source debate is...
• Review Linux Mint or LMDE?
• How many aliases does your shell know?
• What should we complete next?
• Have you shared Flatpak software between off-line computers?
• Do you prefer mainstream or unusual distros?
• What is your preferred versioning label?
• Does longevity factor into your choice of distro?
• Do you have any privacy protecting tools on your distro?
• Do you use sleep, hibernate, or power off your computer?
• Would the Linux filesystem benefit from a new naming approach?
• Have your created your own Linux ISO?
• Linux most recently broke on me...
• What is Linux missing?
• Which is your favourite command line text editor?
• Do you run applications in a container?
• Do you have any single-board computer add-ons?
• Which non-duopoly mobile OS do you run?
• My main computing device uses this kind of storage:
• Do you own any RISC-V powered computers?
• What Firefox alternative do you like?
• Do you install new desktop environments or new distros more frequently?
• Do you write software?
• What do you think of Xfce 4.20?
• Would you welcome new AI tools into your distribution?
• Have you tried Orbitiny?
• What should System76 do with Pop!_OS?
• What do you think of CentOS 10 Stream?
• Specialty or general purpose distro?
• Do you run Pi-hole at home?
• Your favourite distro of 2024
• Do you use a local e-mail client?
• Do you use RHEL or a clone on desktop machines?
• Is your RAM usage higher or lower than it was five years ago?
• Should DistroWatch feature GNOME OS and KDE Linux?
• Do you prefer AlmaLinux OS or Debian for home servers?
• Screen or Tmux?
• How do you set up applications on a new computer?
• How do you schedule tasks?
• Is your main distro atomic or immutable?
• 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
•