Vote for Patrick or AlienBob as Linux person of the year! :

[ChuangTzu]

Found this on LinuxQuestions.org

They are having a poll for "Linux Person of the Year 2015". https://tlhp.cf/man-of-the-year-2015/

LQ thread: https://www.linuxquestions.org/question ... 175561402/

Have Fun.

[ChuangTzu]

Poll results as of today. Make sure you cast your ballot if you have not done so already. Would be incredible if PV pulls it off!

Lennart Poettering (systemd, Pulse Audio, Avahi) (16%, 811 Votes)
Richard Stallman (GNU) (16%, 800 Votes)
Patrick Volkerding (Slackware Founder and Leader) (14%, 681 Votes)
Sarah Sharp (ex Linux kernel: USB3 & xHCI support) (13%, 640 Votes)
Matthew Garrett (programmer, and free software activist) (10%, 498 Votes)

[ChuangTzu]

update as of 19Dec., it is getting closer.

Richard Stallman (GNU) (18%, 934 Votes)
Lennart Poettering (systemd, Pulse Audio, Avahi) (17%, 877 Votes)
Patrick Volkerding (Slackware Founder and Leader) (16%, 828 Votes)

[gaucho]

Hi, ChuangTzu,

Thanks for the heads-up about this poll; I didn't know about it. I've cast my vote (just once, so I can't be accused of stuffing the ballot box).

I voted for someone who, in certain circumstances, has been referred to by certain other individuals, in certain other distros' communities, as being a BDFL. I can't remember, for the life of me, who that might be ...

[ElderDryas]

...someone who, in certain circumstances, has been referred to by certain other individuals, in certain other distros' communities, as being a BDFL.

Why anyone around here here would vote for Mark Shuttleworth is beyond me, but....

[ChuangTzu]

Your welcome gaucho!

Current results as of 21Dec. Keep in mind that some people have noticed on LinuxQuestions.org that there was an "adjustment" of the numbers earlier today, with no explanation as to why. Somehow PV had less votes this morning then he did yesterday. https://www.linuxquestions.org/question ... page4.html


Richard Stallman (GNU) (18%, 1,075 Votes)
Lennart Poettering (systemd, Pulse Audio, Avahi) (17%, 1,013 Votes)
Patrick Volkerding (Slackware Founder and Leader) (16%, 941 Votes)

Spread the word and lets have more people vote.

[ChuangTzu]

A very Merry Christmas it is....PV has moved into second place and is closing in on RMS.

as of 25Dec.

Richard Stallman (GNU) (20%, 1,269 Votes)
Patrick Volkerding (Slackware Founder and Leader) (19%, 1,208 Votes)
Lennart Poettering (systemd, Pulse Audio, Avahi) (19%, 1,203 Votes)

[coroner]

i just voted. Patrick on second place.
Patrick Volkerding (Slackware Founder and Leader) (20%, 1,309 Votes)

[ChuangTzu]

Not sure when they are going to stop the poll but here are the current totals as of 01Jan2016, out of 8,559 votes:

Richard Stallman (GNU) (24%, 2,031 Votes)
Patrick Volkerding (Slackware Founder and Leader) (21%, 1,839 Votes)
Lennart Poettering (systemd, Pulse Audio, Avahi) (21%, 1,785 Votes)
Sarah Sharp (ex Linux kernel: USB3 & xHCI support) (8%, 708 Votes)
Matthew Garrett (programmer, and free software activist) (6%, 510 Votes)

Interesting when compared to 2014 poll, 3,585 votes:
https://tlhp.cf/man-of-the-year-2014/

Looks like people are making their feelings/concerns known. Perhaps at first people were excited about systemd (2014), then after letting it run wild on most distros, people are now wanting a return to real FOSS/Unix/Linux? I would say Stallman and PV as 1&2 respectively is some type of a message!