Desktop Distribution of the Year

jeremy · 01-07-2009, 12:02 PM

The best Linux distribution for use on a Desktop machine.

--jeremy

{BBI}Nexus{BBI} · 01-07-2009, 12:06 PM

There can be only one... ...M4ndr1v4.

SqdnGuns · 01-07-2009, 04:01 PM

Slackware is my choice but I have a feeling it will turn into an Ubombtu landslide...........

jkzfixme · 01-07-2009, 04:51 PM

I love me some Ubuntu/Debian however lately solaris has been giving me those happy fuzzy feelings = )

Regards,
JKZfixme

{BBI}Nexus{BBI} · 01-07-2009, 04:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SqdnGuns

Slackware is my choice but I have a feeling it will turn into an Ubombtu landslide...........

If it was a poll for the easiest, then i would agree. It is not the best though (imho).

SqdnGuns · 01-07-2009, 05:14 PM

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).

I know but that's not how all members will read into the question.

jumico · 01-08-2009, 04:36 PM

Dreamlinux?

penguiniator · 01-08-2009, 05:07 PM

Didn't Xandros scoop up Freespire when they bought Linspire?

William (Dthdealer) · 01-08-2009, 08:20 PM

Puppy Linux?

trickykid · 01-09-2009, 09:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SqdnGuns

Slackware is my choice but I have a feeling it will turn into an Ubombtu landslide...........

You'd be surprised, before Ubuntu became popular, Slackware won this award. I think it's only been Slackware and Ubuntu as the winners.

jeremy · 01-09-2009, 10:31 AM

Puppy Linux and Dreamlinux are in the Live Distribution category.

--jeremy

monsm · 01-09-2009, 10:40 AM

Gentoo for me. Fastest there are and no releases, just continuously up to date. My favorite command "emerge -DNu world"

Mons

vdemuth · 01-09-2009, 11:01 AM

Slackware all the way

DJOtaku · 01-09-2009, 11:08 AM

so hard to choose only one

Piccolo_Pete · 01-09-2009, 11:29 AM

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.