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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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01-12-2009, 07:33 PM
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Member
Registered: Dec 2005
Location: Devon - UK
Distribution: Suse - Desktop, Arch - Laptop, Centos - Server and whatever I fancy on the other machine ;)
Posts: 58
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Gentoo all the way!
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01-12-2009, 07:38 PM
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#47
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Member
Registered: Apr 2008
Location: Valley of Gold
Distribution: Arch / Mepis
Posts: 58
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best desktop
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
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01-13-2009, 12:25 AM
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#48
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Mar 2008
Location: Milos Island, Greece
Distribution: Kubuntu
Posts: 23
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If they think Windows 7..........
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.
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01-13-2009, 07:28 AM
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#49
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Registered: Aug 2003
Location: india
Distribution: ubuntu
Posts: 35
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Ubuntu is really good. i tried lot from suse,redhat. but ubuntu scores more
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01-13-2009, 11:07 AM
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Registered: Nov 2003
Distribution: debian sid/experimental
Posts: 53
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I use both ubuntu and debian . also fedora looks nice
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01-14-2009, 01:24 AM
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#51
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2009
Posts: 1
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sidux is a very good desktop distro, not only Live distro!!
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01-14-2009, 02:50 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2008
Posts: 4
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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!
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01-14-2009, 03:01 AM
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#53
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Registered: May 2005
Location: Sunshine Coast Australia
Distribution: Mandriva 2008.1
Posts: 78
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Well I'm back to Mandriva after Kubuntu, Suse, Fedora etc. But its 2008.1 2009 was a disaster for me
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01-14-2009, 01:05 PM
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#54
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2009
Location: /home
Distribution: Debian Squeeze
Posts: 13
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Debian Stable! 'nuff said  |
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01-14-2009, 03:35 PM
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Guru
Registered: Oct 2005
Location: Willoughby, Ohio
Distribution: linuxdebian
Posts: 7,231
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Debain has to be the winner here.. What other Distro can claim so many Child Distributions ? |
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01-14-2009, 06:28 PM
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#56
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LQ 5k Club
Registered: Jan 2006
Location: Oldham, Lancs, England
Distribution: Laptop: Slackware 14.0 // Desktop: Slackware64 14.0 // Netbook: Slackware 14.0
Posts: 6,176
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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? |
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01-14-2009, 07:16 PM
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Member
Registered: Dec 2005
Location: Prior Lake, MN
Distribution: Fedora, Suse, Mandriva, Ubuntu
Posts: 35
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Voted for Fedora, but Mandriva, OpenSuse, and Ubuntu are right up there.
colonboy
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01-14-2009, 08:19 PM
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Registered: May 2004
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 128
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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?
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01-14-2009, 08:54 PM
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#59
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Dec 2001
Location: North Carolina
Distribution: Mandrake 8.0
Posts: 7
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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  |
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01-14-2009, 09:36 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Oct 2003
Location: NH, USA
Distribution: Fedora Core 2 (1.91)
Posts: 11
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Ubuntu
Simply because it is debian-simple, and I fancy the community.
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