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View Poll Results: Desktop Distribution of the Year
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Ubuntu
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546 |
35.36% |
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Fedora
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153 |
9.91% |
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Debian
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158 |
10.23% |
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openSuse
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119 |
7.71% |
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Slackware
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192 |
12.44% |
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
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10 |
0.65% |
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Mandriva
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74 |
4.79% |
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Gentoo
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58 |
3.76% |
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MEPIS
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29 |
1.88% |
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Linux Mint
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48 |
3.11% |
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Arch
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75 |
4.86% |
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PClinuxOS
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40 |
2.59% |
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Zenwalk
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24 |
1.55% |
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VectorLinux
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12 |
0.78% |
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Freespire
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0% |
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gOS
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6 |
0.39% |
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01-07-2009, 12:02 PM
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root 
Registered: Jun 2000
Distribution: Debian, Red Hat, Slackware, Fedora, Ubuntu
Posts: 9,532
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Desktop Distribution of the Year
The best Linux distribution for use on a Desktop machine.
--jeremy
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01-07-2009, 12:06 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jan 2005
Location: Nottingham, UK
Distribution: Mageia 2 / CrunchBang Linux 10 Statler / Easy Peasy
Posts: 4,287
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There can be only one... ...M4ndr1v4.
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01-07-2009, 04:01 PM
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Member
Registered: Aug 2005
Location: Fountain Valley, CA / Thailand
Distribution: Slackware64® 14.0
Posts: 976
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Slackware is my choice but I have a feeling it will turn into an Ubombtu landslide...........
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01-07-2009, 04:51 PM
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Member
Registered: Sep 2006
Location: Orange County, NY
Distribution: Ubuntu, Solaris, Android
Posts: 327
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I love me some Ubuntu/Debian however lately solaris has been giving me those happy fuzzy feelings = )
Regards,
JKZfixme
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01-07-2009, 04:54 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jan 2005
Location: Nottingham, UK
Distribution: Mageia 2 / CrunchBang Linux 10 Statler / Easy Peasy
Posts: 4,287
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SqdnGuns
Slackware is my choice but I have a feeling it will turn into an Ubombtu landslide...........
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If it was a poll for the easiest, then i would agree. It is not the best though (imho). |
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01-07-2009, 05:14 PM
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Member
Registered: Aug 2005
Location: Fountain Valley, CA / Thailand
Distribution: Slackware64® 14.0
Posts: 976
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Quote:
Originally Posted by {BBI}Nexus{BBI}
If it was a poll for the easiest, then i would agree. It is not the best though (imho).
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I know but that's not how all members will read into the question. |
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01-08-2009, 04:36 PM
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Member
Registered: Apr 2005
Posts: 63
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Dreamlinux?
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01-08-2009, 05:07 PM
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Member
Registered: Feb 2004
Location: Milton, WA
Distribution: Fedora
Posts: 436
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Didn't Xandros scoop up Freespire when they bought Linspire?
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01-08-2009, 08:20 PM
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Member
Registered: Jan 2009
Location: Sydney, Australia
Distribution: Debian Testing
Posts: 99
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Puppy Linux?
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01-09-2009, 09:41 AM
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Guru
Registered: Jan 2001
Posts: 24,128
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SqdnGuns
Slackware is my choice but I have a feeling it will turn into an Ubombtu landslide...........
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You'd be surprised, before Ubuntu became popular, Slackware won this award. I think it's only been Slackware and Ubuntu as the winners.  |
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01-09-2009, 10:31 AM
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root
Registered: Jun 2000
Distribution: Debian, Red Hat, Slackware, Fedora, Ubuntu
Posts: 9,532
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Puppy Linux and Dreamlinux are in the Live Distribution category.
--jeremy
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01-09-2009, 10:40 AM
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Member
Registered: Feb 2005
Location: London, UK
Distribution: Gentoo
Posts: 568
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Gentoo for me. Fastest there are and no releases, just continuously up to date. My favorite command "emerge -DNu world" 
Mons |
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01-09-2009, 11:01 AM
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Member
Registered: Oct 2003
Location: West Midlands, UK
Distribution: Slackware (current), Mepis on the wifes lappy
Posts: 724
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Slackware all the way
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01-09-2009, 11:08 AM
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Member
Registered: Oct 2004
Location: USA
Distribution: Fedora 18; Arch; Kubuntu; Debian
Posts: 686
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so hard to choose only one
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01-09-2009, 11:29 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jun 2005
Location: Boston
Distribution: Mandriva 2008.1
Posts: 26
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I'm gonna have to go with Mandriva on this one. It was the distro I used when I was very first exposed to Linux five years ago. Easy to use, fast, and reliable. Sure, I've bounced around from SUSE (including its enterprise variants) to Ubuntu to Debian and Gentoo, and even explored the UNIX OSes a bit: FreeBSD and Solaris. But I keep coming back to Mandriva time and time again because it is built so well.
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