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Old 10-04-2010, 10:02 AM   #1
mcompendio
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Linux Distribution Survey


Hi, I'm a newbie on Linux, as a result of my curiosity, I decided focus on Linux Distribution for my Research project.
I just need a few minutes from you to take my survey.
Please take the survey. Your feedback is important!

[URL removed]

Thank you so much
Mel
 
Old 10-04-2010, 11:09 AM   #2
jdkaye
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I'm afraid it's a waste of time. You ask what type of system one is installing. I'm not installing anything. I'm using a distro. If you're only interested in people who are currently installing a system then you should say so in your posting above. If that's not what you want then you should change your questionnaire.
jdk
 
Old 10-04-2010, 11:50 AM   #3
janhe
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I'm confused by questions 6-10.
When should I answer agree, when disagree?

I second jdkaye's remark about question 6, and suggest you rephrase all your survey questions.
 
Old 10-04-2010, 11:54 AM   #4
MBybee
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Exactly. Survey is nonsensical.
 
Old 10-04-2010, 11:54 AM   #5
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No way I'm putting even one of my email addresses into the form, let alone two of them.
 
Old 10-04-2010, 12:42 PM   #6
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Looks like information harvesting to me ...
 
Old 10-04-2010, 12:42 PM   #7
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How come you ask for 2 emails. I feel this is a way to get email addresses to spam. Its not a very good survey either. If you want support from LQ maybe you should consider being a part of the community befor posting links for people to take.
 
Old 10-04-2010, 01:18 PM   #8
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How come a new user with a post count of zero gets to post a url in the first place? I think that needs to change.
 
Old 10-04-2010, 02:13 PM   #9
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As there is a compete lack of trust in this thread it is counter-productive and I have closed it. I'd suggest, if this is a real survey, that you reword or remove the questionable parts and post up a new thread where you explain in full the motives behind the survey and what it will be used for. Members tend to be far more helpful if they can believe in the survey (hint: having a larger number of posts in the technical areas helps - positive postcount matters.
 
  


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