Desktop Distribution of the Year

the2k · 01-12-2009, 07:33 PM

Gentoo all the way!

amenditman · 01-12-2009, 07:38 PM

sidux, always a small 's'

100% Debian Sid for any user, I know, the pure Sid folks disagree that's important.
Think of all those extra installs as a turbo button on getting packages moved thru unstable faster.

7 months, no issues of any kind.

Rolling release, no reinstall to upgrade.

Newest versions in repos.

What more could you want in a Debian based distro?

Me, nothing!

Blessings

Bob

Patrick-Warwick · 01-13-2009, 12:25 AM

Ubuntu/Kubuntu 8.10 has to to be the best thing since sliced bread. I wonder that Microsoft bothered with trying to come up with something to compete with Linux after their Vista fiasco. If one wants the best of all worlds it can only be Linux.

halovivek · 01-13-2009, 07:28 AM

Ubuntu is really good. i tried lot from suse,redhat. but ubuntu scores more

mariuz · 01-13-2009, 11:07 AM

I use both ubuntu and debian . also fedora looks nice

pinguin61 · 01-14-2009, 01:24 AM

sidux is a very good desktop distro, not only Live distro!!

drb1 · 01-14-2009, 02:50 AM

I wouldn't go for any of the above listing above sidux - I'm surprised it's not in the desktop line-up. sidux is 'the package' for a fast, reliable, leading edge linux install and I, and my 'clients' by default (!), wouldn't use anything else!

sdrambo · 01-14-2009, 03:01 AM

Well I'm back to Mandriva after Kubuntu, Suse, Fedora etc. But its 2008.1 2009 was a disaster for me

PetrusValidus · 01-14-2009, 01:05 PM

Debian Stable! 'nuff said

farslayer · 01-14-2009, 03:35 PM

Debain has to be the winner here.. What other Distro can claim so many Child Distributions ?

brianL · 01-14-2009, 06:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by farslayer

Debain has to be the winner here.. What other Distro can claim so many Child Distributions ?

Quantity, yes, maybe...but what about quality?

Uh, what's that one? Starts with S, ends with e?

colonboy · 01-14-2009, 07:16 PM

Voted for Fedora, but Mandriva, OpenSuse, and Ubuntu are right up there.

colonboy

xflow7 · 01-14-2009, 08:19 PM

All about Slackware for me. I've tried Red Hat
(ages ago) and Gentoo and Ubuntu more recently, but I always come back to Slackware.

Just upgraded to 12.2 and I'm more smitten than ever.

Got Slack?

Igrok · 01-14-2009, 08:54 PM

Ubuntu - from the 8.04 to 8.10, Ubuntu has delivered on not only a GOOD LOOKING desktop, but an incredibly easy to use, functional desktop. I've tried Gentoo and love it, I tried OpenSolaris and its okay, but to come in and challenge the status quo (Windblows) with such confidence definitely deserves top desktop honors. Ubuntu is NOT what Linux is all about, but Ubuntu DOES show the versatility of linux to not only appeal to the developers with distros geared for them, but also the average user that just wants something that works.

UBUNTU 8.10 Sexy AND smart

candiazoo · 01-14-2009, 09:36 PM

Simply because it is debian-simple, and I fancy the community.