It's time for a poll. How long have you used Linux?

[KGIII]

The funny thing is that you posted it on April 1st. Was it supposed to be a prank in some way?

No, it was just an unscientific poll to amuse us and give us something to talk about. It did both of those things. Using the data for anything important would have been foolish.

There was a poll attached to this. After a couple of years (somewhere around that long) the forum software decided to remove the poll. This makes the thread look a bit wonky to those who don't know this.

What I should probably do is just start a new thread with a new poll and then redirect my signature to reflect that there's a new poll available. But, if I do so, it will likely only last for as long as this one did.

I don't know why the forum ate my poll. I presume that the software just decided that the poll is old enough and no longer wants to store and present that data. So, it tosses it all into the bitbucket and makes the thread look rather silly.

But, there are some great conversations and comments throughout the thread - if you're bored enough to read them all.

 

[linux_pi]

No, it was just an unscientific poll to amuse us and give us something to talk about. It did both of those things. Using the data for anything important would have been foolish.

There was a poll attached to this. After a couple of years (somewhere around that long) the forum software decided to remove the poll. This makes the thread look a bit wonky to those who don't know this.

What I should probably do is just start a new thread with a new poll and then redirect my signature to reflect that there's a new poll available. But, if I do so, it will likely only last for as long as this one did.

I don't know why the forum ate my poll. I presume that the software just decided that the poll is old enough and no longer wants to store and present that data. So, it tosses it all into the bitbucket and makes the thread look rather silly.

But, there are some great conversations and comments throughout the thread - if you're bored enough to read them all.

It certainly did. Now this post has 20 pages. Yep. When I first came across it, I was searching for the poll, until I read that you'll stick with it for a few days. I read a few comments in the thread, I couldn't really understand because it's mainly about old tech and how they started tinkering with Linux. Pretty useful and might bring memories to someone else but couldn't really understand a few terms. (I'm 13) Maybe you could make a new poll and put it on the website if you can control it. That'll bring more attention quickly.

Thanks

 

[KGIII]

Maybe you could make a new poll and put it on the website if you can control it.

I'll likely lock this thread and create a new poll at some point.