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Question: How often do you update your system?
o 'As soon as I see updates are available ' (49 Votes)
o 'Every few days ' (10 Votes)
o 'Once a week ' (3 Votes)
o 'Once a week - once a month ' (9 Votes)
o 'Longer than once a month' (5 Votes)
View Poll Results: https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...p?t=4175622621

Question: Should Slackware include support for flash based FS during setup?
o 'Yes, it is time to have support for such filesystems ' (2 Votes)
o 'No, TRIM works just fine ' (4 Votes)
o 'Undecided' (7 Votes)
View Poll Results: https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...p?t=4175615762

Question: Do you trust 'megatools'? Do you use 'megatools'? Did you install them in *your* computer?
o 'Do not trust them, even it being open sourced on Github (please explain why in a post) ' (1 Votes)
o 'Do not trust them, but eventually use (will explain in a post) ' (0 Votes)
o 'Do not trust them, and never used or installed ' (0 Votes)
o 'Never used them, but I think I will install and eventually use (that is a bit of trust) ' (1 Votes)
o 'Never used them, and will continue with that position (and I have no objection for them) ' (2 Votes)
o 'Never used them, and I think this project should not exist (will explain why in a post) ' (0 Votes)
o 'I trust them, is open source! Problems are removed, if any exist. Does not matter if I use or not. ' (0 Votes)
o 'I trust them, it is open source! Problems will be removed, if any exist. Never used. ' (0 Votes)
o 'Why make a poll with so many options? And I miss at least one (please make a post with more details) ' (0 Votes)
o 'I wanted another option, and I will say which it is in a post ' (1 Votes)
o 'I wanted another option, but will not say anything here, and will not tell my opinion to you.' (2 Votes)
View Poll Results: https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...p?t=4175615676

Question: Multiple choice: When would you install LibreOffice or OpenOffice?
o 'LibreOffice Most of the Time ' (39 Votes)
o 'OpenOffice Most of the Time ' (4 Votes)
o 'LibreOffice if Windows ' (18 Votes)
o 'OpenOffice if Windows ' (4 Votes)
o 'LibreOffice if MacOS ' (11 Votes)
o 'OpenOffice if MacOS ' (1 Votes)
o 'LibreOffice if Linux ' (27 Votes)
o 'OpenOffice if Linux' (3 Votes)
View Poll Results: https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...p?t=4175615308

Question: Do you prefer KDE 4 or KDE 5?
o 'KDE 4 ' (32 Votes)
o 'KDE 5' (74 Votes)
View Poll Results: https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...p?t=4175614638


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