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View Poll Results: What BDFL(s) do you like best? (Mark all that apply).
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Richard Stallman
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28.13% |
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Linus Torvalds
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15 |
46.88% |
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Bob Young/Mark Ewing
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Ron Houvsepian
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Jeremy Garcia (think: LQ User #1)
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28.13% |
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Mark Shuttleworth
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3.13% |
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Clement Lefebvre
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3.13% |
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Steve Ballmer (**DON'T** select this unless you're a M$ troll!!)
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18 |
56.25% |
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10-26-2010, 01:39 PM
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#16
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LQ Veteran
Registered: Feb 2003
Location: Maryland
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 7,756
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Hmmm. What's that approaching very, very fast. It's getting kind of big. It looks a lot like a chair..... OH CRAP HIT THE DECK!!!!!!
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10-26-2010, 01:53 PM
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#17
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LQ Veteran
Registered: Nov 2005
Location: London
Distribution: Slackware64-current
Posts: 5,087
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No Pat, no vote.
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10-26-2010, 01:58 PM
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#18
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LQ 5k Club
Registered: Jan 2006
Location: Oldham, Lancs, England
Distribution: Laptop: Slackware 14.0 // Desktop: Slackware64 14.0 // Netbook: Slackware 14.0
Posts: 6,176
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No Pat. Vote for Ballmer.
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10-26-2010, 05:19 PM
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#19
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Senior Member
Registered: Feb 2010
Location: /usa/ca/orange_county/lake_forest
Distribution: ArchBang, Google Android 2.1 + Motoblur (on Motortola Flipside), Google Chrome OS (on Cr-48)
Posts: 1,791
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Okay, if I could edit the poll I would -- to include Volkerding and Aaron Griffin (the Arch BDFL, whom I like a LOT better than Volkerding -- considering that I think it's a real pain to have to install package dependencies one by one -- already tried this with GNU Make on Ubuntu). I will try to edit the poll -- but don't keep your hopes up.
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10-26-2010, 05:21 PM
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#20
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Senior Member
Registered: Feb 2010
Location: /usa/ca/orange_county/lake_forest
Distribution: ArchBang, Google Android 2.1 + Motoblur (on Motortola Flipside), Google Chrome OS (on Cr-48)
Posts: 1,791
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Tried going "Advanced" to edit the poll -- no luck. Reporting this to the LQ Bug Tracker.
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10-26-2010, 05:23 PM
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#21
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Senior Member
Registered: May 2004
Distribution: Slackware 13.0 32-bit
Posts: 1,973
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If I'm not mistaken, I don't think a poll can be altered after people have already begun to vote. Or it might be a bug, dunno.  |
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10-26-2010, 06:01 PM
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#22
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Senior Member
Registered: Feb 2010
Location: /usa/ca/orange_county/lake_forest
Distribution: ArchBang, Google Android 2.1 + Motoblur (on Motortola Flipside), Google Chrome OS (on Cr-48)
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Then how come on Ubuntu Forums it can? UF uses the same forum software!
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10-26-2010, 06:04 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: May 2004
Distribution: Slackware 13.0 32-bit
Posts: 1,973
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In that case either the option to do so is disabled, and Jeremy has to enable it or.... I dunno, its a bug then.
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10-28-2010, 01:40 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Feb 2010
Location: /usa/ca/orange_county/lake_forest
Distribution: ArchBang, Google Android 2.1 + Motoblur (on Motortola Flipside), Google Chrome OS (on Cr-48)
Posts: 1,791
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Reported the original post to the Mods to ask them to edit the poll.  |
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10-28-2010, 08:11 AM
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#25
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LQ 5k Club
Registered: Jan 2006
Location: Oldham, Lancs, England
Distribution: Laptop: Slackware 14.0 // Desktop: Slackware64 14.0 // Netbook: Slackware 14.0
Posts: 6,176
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Richard Stallman's singing == Steve Ballmer's dancing.
Here he is, singing "The Free Software Song", while beating a laptop to death.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zrrn7DS5cE |
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11-25-2010, 07:42 AM
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Registered: Mar 2009
Location: USA
Distribution: Arch
Posts: 1,019
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WHAT? NO brianL?! THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!
Anyway, without brianL as an option, I chose Linus Torvalds and Jeremy. I like Linus because he's a funny common-sense guy who's really laid back and cool. (Steve Ballmer on the other hand...) I picked Jeremy because he has always been nice and he has made LQ a really great place.
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11-25-2010, 08:11 AM
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#27
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LQ 5k Club
Registered: Jan 2006
Location: Oldham, Lancs, England
Distribution: Laptop: Slackware 14.0 // Desktop: Slackware64 14.0 // Netbook: Slackware 14.0
Posts: 6,176
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Yes, brianL is wonderful. He's witty, charming, intelligent, kind, rugged, manly, handsome...I could go on all day about how great he is. And he's extremely modest and...and...
Last edited by brianL; 11-25-2010 at 08:12 AM.
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11-26-2010, 06:40 AM
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#28
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LQ 5k Club
Registered: Jan 2006
Location: Oldham, Lancs, England
Distribution: Laptop: Slackware 14.0 // Desktop: Slackware64 14.0 // Netbook: Slackware 14.0
Posts: 6,176
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...he's a liar.
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11-26-2010, 08:09 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Mar 2009
Location: USA
Distribution: Arch
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I laughed at how many votes Steve Ballmer got just because Kenny started this thread.
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11-26-2010, 08:34 AM
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Registered: Mar 2010
Location: Western Maine
Distribution: PCLinuxOS (LXDE)
Posts: 467
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Ballmer baby! Beat those linux hippie commies!
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