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~~i have created a short questionnaire, regarding how GNU/Linux users secure their system. if you are somewhat knowledgeful on this topic and willing to share, i would appreciate if you would fill out my questionnaire~~

okay, so, my research is finished. here are the results:

The "other" distributions include: NixOS (8x), Gentoo (4x), Slackware (1x), Void Linux (1x) or a combination of multiple distributions

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Okay, my survey is complete. I posted updated results, with data from 150 responses. The wording on question 2 and 3 might have been too confusing, sorry for that.