User poll results after 1 week

Six weeks ago we started a poll about which Linux distribution is used on which Apple computers. More than hundred people filled in the questionaire and the results will be published today. A total of 105 reactions was received. First we will give the results of the distributions and then the results of the hardware:

Since it's the week before Christmas, I've decided that this week's poll will be a fun poll, filled with Christmas goodies, lots of fun, and some laughs.  So vote and enjoy! ...

To enter Root Terminal in Ubuntu, use Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal. Then type ’sudo -s’ and hit return. Type in your administrator password, hit [Enter] and you’re done.

In early March Stuart Jarvis wrote an article published here on the Dot which announced the winners of the poll results for suitable KDE software labels.

A poll conducted by the Pew Research Center and Smithsonian magazine asked Americans what will happen to the United States over the next forty years. The answers may surprise you, or maybe they won't!  

Gender Poll

Where are you from?

Just a short Tutorial today. It’s surprising how many people do not know this. To change the hostname under Linux, open a terminal window. Type the following code. sudo nano /etc/hosts and change the text to your new hostname. Changes will take effect on Restart.

Please answer in the format of:

ROM: ROMNAMEHERE

I'll tally up the results and post them here in a week!

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What is the right way to poll from differents AWS SQS in the same process?

Suppose I have a ruby script: listen_queues.rb and run it.

Should I need to create threads to wrap each SQS poll or start sub processes?

t1 = Thread.new do queue1.poll do |msg| .... end

t2 = Thread.new do queue2.poll do |msg| .... end

t2.join

I tried this code, but the poll is not receiving any of the mes