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We appreciate your sincere effort.
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1. Are you a contributor to
ibiblio.org? (if No, please skip to question 4).
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Yes
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   16.7%
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(13)
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No
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 83.3%
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(65)
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TOTAL
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 100.0%
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78
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2. If yes, what did you
contribute to ibibilio?
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Collection
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10.3%
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(8)
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Software
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3.8%
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(3)
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Both Collection and Software
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2.6%
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(2)
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TOTAL
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16.7%
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78
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3. Why do you host your material
at ibiblio?
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#
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Response
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1
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because i
feel like it. duh.
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1
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Because it was suggested as the "mother of all
mirrors" to us by Distrowatch.
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1
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Because they asked me to, long long
long ago.
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1
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cause i'd have to pay
elsewhere
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1
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free and reasonably good service
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1
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I like their ethics, it's free, there's space to mess
around, smart people to help me learn stuff and I'm in good ocmpany with other people who feel like I do, stability
is good too.
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1
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I've long been a fan of sunsite...metalab...ibiblio. I like the
idea of Free software and knowledge.
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1
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ibiblio
has a large audience, an excellent connection to the internet, and very
helpful support staff. The ideals behind ibiblio
are similar to my own, which is why I take great pride in being a
contributor.
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1
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My site content consumes a good deal of space, so
commercial hosting would be quite expensive. By offering its services for
free, ibiblio lets me publish material that I
would otherwise not be able to provide to the public. Also, ibiblio has several people expertly managing the
servers, and they take downtime very seriously. As a result, I get better
service from ibiblio than I would likely get from
a commercial Web host.
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1
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Project Gutenberg volunteer
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1
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vdcv
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1
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Well-known, great support and crew, reliable
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4. Do you live in the United
States?
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Yes
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71.8%
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(56)
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No
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28.2%
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(22)
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TOTAL
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100.0%
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78
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5. What is your primary form of
Internet Access?
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Dial-up
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15.4%
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(12)
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ISDN
|
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(0)
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Broadband (Cable, DSL, Satellite)
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73.1%
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(57)
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T1 (network)
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11.5%
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(9)
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TOTAL
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100.0%
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78
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6. How many computers do you own?
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None
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1.3%
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(1)
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One
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23.1%
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(18)
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Two - Five
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48.7%
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(38)
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More than Five
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26.9%
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(21)
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TOTAL
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100.0%
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78
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7. How much time do you spend
online?
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Less than 1 hour a day
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6.4%
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(5)
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1-5 hours a day
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46.2%
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(36)
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5-10 hours a day
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32.1%
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(25)
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more than 10 hours a day
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2.6%
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(2)
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I'm never off
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12.8%
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(10)
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TOTAL
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100.0%
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78
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8. How comfortable are you with
technology?
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I don't like using technology
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1.3%
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(1)
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I use it but I am pretty uncomfortable
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(0)
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I'm an average user
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7.7%
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(6)
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I know my way around
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26.9%
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(21)
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I feel very confident using technology
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64.1%
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(50)
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TOTAL
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100.0%
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78
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9. Are you familiar with the term
'open-source'?
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Yes
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96.2%
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(75)
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No
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3.8%
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(3)
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TOTAL
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100.0%
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78
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10. Do you use open source
software or information?
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Yes
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88.5%
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(69)
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No
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3.8%
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(3)
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I don't know
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3.8%
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(3)
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I want to, but don't know how
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3.8%
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(3)
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TOTAL
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100.0%
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78
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11. What is your current
occupation?
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Student
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24.4%
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(19)
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Educator
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5.1%
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(4)
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Technical Professional
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50.0%
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(39)
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Non-technical Professional
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9.0%
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(7)
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Other
|
11.5%
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(9)
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TOTAL
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100.0%
|
78
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|
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12. What do you use ibiblio for?
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Viewing collections (sites hosted by ibiblio)
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69.2%
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(54)
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Managing your collection
|
17.9%
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(14)
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Downloading software
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64.1%
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(50)
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Finding Linux information
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46.2%
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(36)
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Interacting with a community
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11.5%
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(9)
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13. Do you feel that the
information on ibiblio is reliable?
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Yes
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47.4%
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(37)
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Most of it
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38.5%
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(30)
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Some of it
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11.5%
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(9)
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No, not really
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1.3%
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(1)
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Not at all
|
 1.3%
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(1)
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TOTAL
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100.0%
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78
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14. Please rank your use of the
following sections of ibiblio (1= most often used,
4=least often used)
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Average rank
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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Ibiblio
Main Page
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(2.6)
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Linux Archive
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(2.6)
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Public FTP
directories
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(2.5)
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Collection
Index
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(2.9)
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Contributor's
Administration
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(4.2)
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15. Which Feature/Collection do
you look at most often?
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#
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Response
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1
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Comix
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1
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distributions and support
software.
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3
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Dr Fun
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1
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ebooks
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1
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EcoLand Tech
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1
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fdf
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1
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First page articles, very interesting look at history
and culture.
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1
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First time here
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1
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Gentoo Linux
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2
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Groklaw
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1
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GROKLAW!!!! Sourceforge Mirror
2nd Gutenburg 3rd
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1
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I try to listen to WHQR, but on Saturday night half the
time I was listening to WDAV on the streaming from you - big bands and
German opera don't mix. In this day and age not to be able to control a
simple audio stream is ludicrous.
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1
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I use the linux download mirrors
and related stuff the most. I am infinately
grateful for you help with supporting open source software.
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1
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I'm a new user so this question isn't fair but I really
enjoy the Confluence Project.
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1
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jdwilbur wiki
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1
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LDP and linux downloads.
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1
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Linux
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1
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Linux Acrchive
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1
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Linux and Open-Source resources
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1
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linux archive
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1
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linux archives
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1
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linux distribution updates,
gnu sw
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2
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linux distributions
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1
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Linux Distros
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1
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linux files
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1
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Linux section
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1
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Mine The ibiblio index page
and Groklaw.
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1
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Music
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1
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my own, after that the gutenberg stuff and the online digital library stuff.
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1
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My own, of course! www.coinarchives.com
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1
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open source
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1
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Other than my own, I frequently browse Project Gutenberg
and Groklaw
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1
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Physical/Natural Sciences
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1
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Project Gutenberg
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1
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Project Gutenberg!
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1
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Sourceforge DLs
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1
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the zuccini pictures
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1
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Timeless Truths Free Online Library
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1
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Used as a mirror for sourceforge
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1
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Various open source software.
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16. How often do you use the
Recent Features?
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Once a month or less
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24.4%
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(19)
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More than once a month, but less than once a week
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20.5%
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(16)
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Once a week
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9.0%
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(7)
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More than once a week, but less than once a day
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5.1%
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(4)
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Once a day or more
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1.3%
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(1)
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I dont' know what Recent
Features are.
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39.7%
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(31)
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|
TOTAL
|
100.0%
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78
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|
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17. How often do you use the
Recent Additions?
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Once a month or less
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33.3%
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(26)
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More than once a month, but less than once a week
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16.7%
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(13)
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Once a week
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 7.7%
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(6)
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More than once a week, but less than once a day
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3.8%
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(3)
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Once a day or more
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3.8%
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(3)
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I dont' know what Recent
Additions are.
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34.6%
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(27)
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TOTAL
|
100.0%
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78
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18. Which Feature do you find
the least useful?
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#
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Response
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1
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???
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1
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collection index
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1
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Contributor administration.
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1
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Don't know
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1
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duh. once again, the zuccinis
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1
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Linux software
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1
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none
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1
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None that I can think of
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1
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not sure
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1
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Nothing! Please don't change it! While the page can be
information overload it does have all the necessary resources for the
incredible amount of information contained wherein.
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1
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Slow downloads of Linux, often making other sites
faster.
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1
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surveys
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1
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the organization of the front
page, it's busy as heck, needs some good CSS and some good IA.
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1
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The upload/contribution stuff is not obvious, mostly
owing to the upload instructions being buried. Perhaps this is to ensure
that people read the preamble to it, but I don't think that's functioning
as the page is designed. And when it broke, I didn't receive an email
response to my inquiry. Specifically, if a large upload times out, you're
left with a state in which anonymous cannot delete the files, and cannot
overwrite them, and you know they're corrupt and so it's unmanageable other
than to send email and explain the problem. I did eventually succeed, but
from the standpoint of feedback, having to poll ibiblio
to see if the stuff winds up there, seems like there must be a better way.
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1
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Tough one. The least useful one is the one I'm least
aware of. Perhaps RSS feed. Don't use it yet
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1
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vc
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19. What would you like to see
on the ibiblio main page?
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#
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Response
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1
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a better guide to the collection
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1
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A dynamic "What's popular?" list that shows
the most popular collections and/or pages that users are accessing
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1
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A link to #ibiblio on
irc.freenode.net
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1
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About text books (for university) in a public library
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1
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Better categories for finding information and/or
catalogs
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1
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Dont know
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1
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Enhanced search capabilities
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1
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history channel topics
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1
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I actually like it the way it is.
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1
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I happy with it as it is. It gives the whole picture of
IBIBLIO
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|
1
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I like this just the way it is
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|
1
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I love seeing the new projects and featured existing
projects which are hosted on ibiblio
|
|
1
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I never go so I guess I don't care. I only visited
because of the april fools joke, it is very
funny!
|
|
1
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I think it's pretty diverse as it is. I'm not sure you
can expand on it more without getting to 'watered down'.
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1
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It's fine as it is. If I ever
quit ftping software, I should browse your
website. Seems to be a LOT of information here. If I
get accepted to play on Jeopardy as a contestant, I'll definately
have to spend many hours here :)
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1
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It's good as is.
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1
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Latest Linux additions
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1
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modules! I'd like to pick what
goes on my main page within reason so if I want to see all the recent stuff
I can add it as a module, if I need all the linux
links, I can add them, etc etc etc. Like Yahoo's my.yahoo.com but not as butt ugly or
as filled with ads, but that sort of "one from column A and one from
column B" approach would delight me. I never need th
elinux stuff, or I'd only need one link to the linux world, so all those links are extra [on the
current page] and just make me feel that it's not the place for me because
I'm not geek enough.
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1
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more April Fool's
editions--like 52 a year.
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1
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More articles about informaton
publishing through history.
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1
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nothing. it should be blank
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1
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Something other than an april
fool's joke.
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1
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vc
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1
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While having lots of linux
stuff is great and I am certainly a consumer of linux,
I would also like to see more BSD stuff.
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20. What would you like removed
from the ibiblio main page?
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#
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Response
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1
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Can't think of anything
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1
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everything
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1
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It's not as cluttered as distrowatch,
but it could be improved by something along the lines of differentiating
the most important items from the least important. Remove every pixel that
doesn't matter to most of your visitors and leave only the ones that do.
Surely a little clickstream analysis would
provide the answers?
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1
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junk
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1
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none
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3
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nothing
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1
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Nothing ive seen so far.
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1
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Nothing.
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1
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the graphic is always huge. once you've seen it in a month, it's large and forces me
to scroll to other stuff. I'd also, since you asked, like the FAQ to be a
bit more of a living document and less of an archive.
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1
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vc
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21. How did you hear about ibiblio?
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#
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Response
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1
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a Linux link
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1
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Can't remember anymore. Was using it when it was sunsite.
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1
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Daily Tar Heel
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1
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download list somewhere.
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1
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downloading a copy of fire an IM client for os X
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1
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freshmeat
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1
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from back in the sunsite days..
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1
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From distrowatch.
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1
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From Linux sources, since it was one of the first
repositories as sunsite.
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1
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from my twice removed grandma's roomate's
cousin, who has a dog and a ear infection
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1
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From the Internet Public Library, I think.
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1
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Gentoo Linux
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1
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google
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1
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groklaw
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1
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Heard about it at work, thought it was very boring, then
checked it out and really got to like it.
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1
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I don't remember - I seem to remember that it was sunsite, which I occassionally
used.
|
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1
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I learned about it several years ago when presented with
a list of mirror sites while downloading software. More recently, I was
exposed to ibiblio because of its relationship
with SILS.
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1
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i work here
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|
1
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I'm a computer junkie.
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1
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Like, everywhere dude. As a Sourceforge
mirror first.
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1
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long long
long long looong ago, on usenet.
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1
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Long time user since Project Gutenberg
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1
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Most Linux Distributions listings : hosting / mirror as ibiblio
|
|
1
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My previous host told me about ibiblio
and their services.
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1
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nothing
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1
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on webpages about linux
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1
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Paul Jones
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1
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pointer from gutenburg.org
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1
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Ran across references in articles of Linux.
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1
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search engine
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1
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Searching for linux distro and software downloads.
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1
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someone's link
|
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1
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Somewhere on the web (ages ago)
|
|
1
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Stumbling upon ibiblio is
unavoidable while traveling the 'net
|
|
1
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sunsite.unc.edu
|
|
1
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Through searching for Linux archives, then through Groklaw.
|
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1
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Through WHQR website.
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1
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Unable to remember, possibly L. Lessig,
Kernel.org mailing list, or other mailing list.
|
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1
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Using it since it was Sunsite.
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1
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vbc
|
|
1
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via sourceforge
|
|
1
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Website
|
|
1
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www.slackware.com
|
|
1
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you guys emailed me and said
"um, would you like some free space?"
|
|
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22. What kinds of service do you
think ibiblio provides?
|
#
|
Response
|
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1
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A place for people who need a platform to diseminate (useful?) information. A virtual library.
|
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1
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Archiving/serving open-source files to the public. That
and the interesting links found on the front page.
|
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1
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books, various reading material
and software.
|
|
1
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Cache of public domain data.
|
|
1
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Extremely valuable repository of software and other
information.
|
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1
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good services
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1
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good, solid
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1
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Great.
|
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1
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hosting (web, mail, mysql, streaming) for non-profit projects.
|
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1
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Hosting, it seems, of all kinds of cool stuff.
|
|
1
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i dont
know
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|
1
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I like the wide variety of things you have online. I
think the online dictionaries and encyclopedias are a great idea, as are
the libraries. Basically I like ibiblio just like
it is.
|
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1
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Ibiblio seems to be providing
unimaginable amounts of bandwith distributing
free/open information/software, and hosting interesting intellectual type
projects
|
|
1
|
If it does half of what it says it does, lots.
|
|
1
|
information
|
|
1
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It's an online library and archive.
|
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1
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Library, Software Repository for Downloading, other
historical and general information of use to the community.
|
|
1
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mirror
|
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1
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mirroring services
|
|
1
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mirroring. Or is this question
asking about *quality* of service? It's not clear, if so, great on the
download side, needs some work on the upload side.
|
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1
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Multimedia public library of public domain, open source,
works. Covering an incredibly diverse variety of disciplines, topics,
viewpoints, etc.
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1
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no idea
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1
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nothing
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1
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public archives and information
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1
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Public archiving
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1
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Public domain information, from religion to
technological development
|
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1
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Storage for freely available works of various kinds.
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1
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the best kind of all -- free
& open minded and open source. xo
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1
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The service is of very high quality, at a better
standard then most commercial web hosts. I wouldn't move anywhere else
simply because nowhere else is better than ibiblio
for what I need.
|
|
1
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Up-to-date Scientific information; Open-Source / Free
Software repository
|
|
1
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Valuable information and software to the public at no
charge and with no restrictions.
|
|
1
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vc
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|
1
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webhosting for public things
like linux, art, anything public
|
|
1
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Webspace for important shit
that just needs to be on the interenet.
|
|
1
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wide variety
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|
1
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Your home page makes that obvious.
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