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The polls are closed and the results are in. We had a record number of votes cast for the ninth straight year. Congratulations should go to each and every nominee. We once again had some extremely close races and a couple multi-year winners were unseated. The official results:
Desktop Distribution of the Year - Ubuntu (30.13%)
Server Distribution of the Year - Debian (24.24%)
Security/Forensic/Rescue Distribution of the Year - BackTrack (43.48%)
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I'm happy to announce that the nominees have been selected and the polls for the 2009 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards are now open. Congratulations to everyone that was nominated.
I'm happy to announce that we're able to give away some gratis 1 year (12 issue) subscriptions to Linux Pro Magazine. There are currently two ways to be eligible for this free subscription.
* We'll randomly select one member who logs in between now and December 22nd. That's right; to be eligible for one of the subscriptions, all you need to do is log into LQ!
* We'll randomly select 2 members who post to the ... [Read More]
One of the main goals of LQ is to help members get questions about Linux answered. One way we help facilitate this is with the "Zero Reply" functionality, which allows you to easily find threads with no replies. In the spirit of helping other LQ members, I'd like to have a "Zero Reply Drive" for the next 48 hours. Starting at 10PM LQST tonight (approximately 30 minutes from now) I'd like to invite everyone to click ... [Read More]
I'm happy to announce that LQ has partnered with the Ohio LinuxFest to give 3 "Supporter" pass ($65/value) to the Ohio LinuxFest on September 25-27. For those who have never attended, OLF is always a fantastic event. Please keep in mind that LQ is not able to provide any transportation or lodging assistance - booking a hotel and getting to Columbus for the event is entirely up to the winner (Note that the conference hotel is very reasonably priced). Please make sure you are able to... [Read More]
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