| OSDL conducts desktop Linux survey |
Oct. 17, 2005
The Open Source Development Labs Inc. (OSDL), which employs Linux creator Linus Torvalds and strives to be the "center of gravity" for Linux, is currently conducting a Desktop Linux survey, and DesktopLinux.com readers are invited to take part.
Data gathered by the web-based survey will help the OSDL's Desktop Working Group to better understand the worldwide desktop Linux user community, the group says. There are two dozen questions, and the whole process is estimated to take less than 15 minutes.
Participants who complete the survey will be able to view the aggregated public results of the survey.
As of today, nearly 2,000 responses have been tallied.
Thus far, Ubuntu Linux has proven to be the most popular, with 72 percent of respondents indicating that they are considering it or currently running it on the desktop. Debian (30 percent) and Fedora (25 percent) are running second and third, respectively.
Fifty-eight percent of respondents say they boot only one system per computer. Fifty-seven percent of respondents reported that upgrades within their organization are handled by technical staff only.
Participate in the OSDL's Linux Client Survey here.
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