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View Poll Results: Desktop Distribution of the Year
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Ubuntu
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191 |
21.83% |
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Fedora
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62 |
7.09% |
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Debian
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115 |
13.14% |
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Slackware
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189 |
21.60% |
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openSuse
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33 |
3.77% |
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
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2 |
0.23% |
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Linux Mint
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100 |
11.43% |
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Mandriva
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4 |
0.46% |
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Gentoo
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14 |
1.60% |
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MEPIS
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5 |
0.57% |
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Arch
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69 |
7.89% |
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PClinuxOS
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24 |
2.74% |
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VectorLinux
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0 |
0% |
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Sabayon
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0 |
0% |
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Puppy
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4 |
0.46% |
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Salix
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13 |
1.49% |
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CrunchBang
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19 |
2.17% |
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Mageia
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12 |
1.37% |
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Bodhi
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19 |
2.17% |
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12-21-2011, 02:59 PM
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root 
Registered: Jun 2000
Distribution: Debian, Red Hat, Slackware, Fedora, Ubuntu
Posts: 9,514
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Desktop Distribution of the Year
The best Linux distribution for use on a Desktop machine.
--jeremy
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12-21-2011, 04:21 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Oct 2004
Distribution: FreeBSD Arch
Posts: 1,648
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I'm impressed with Arch
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12-21-2011, 04:23 PM
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#3
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Guru
Registered: Jan 2009
Location: Gordonsville-AKA Mayberry-Virginia
Distribution: PocketWriter/MinimalX
Posts: 5,057
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Slackware of course  |
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12-21-2011, 04:33 PM
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#4
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Member
Registered: Apr 2007
Location: USA
Distribution: Slackware, FreeBSD, Trisquel
Posts: 105
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I'm happy with Slackware. It has everything I need to get the job done.
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12-21-2011, 10:59 PM
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#5
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Member
Registered: Apr 2010
Location: USA
Distribution: Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, RedHat, DSL, Puppy, CentOS, Knoppix
Posts: 731
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The best distribution for a desktop machine
TinyCore
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12-22-2011, 05:37 AM
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Member
Registered: Jan 2009
Location: New England
Distribution: Arch Linux
Posts: 689
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Arch or Archbang.................. either case Arch.  |
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12-28-2011, 03:23 PM
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Member
Registered: Jan 2009
Location: Westminster, Maryland USA
Distribution: openSUSE 12.2 tons more in VirtualBox
Posts: 142
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I love SUSE for two reasons:
1. Easy to customize with YaST (biggest reason)
2. Balanced between stability and being up to date
However, I do miss the classic GNOME. If there was a distro with Mint's GNOME and a YaST\Mandriva like Control Center, I'd vote for it.
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12-28-2011, 03:46 PM
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Member
Registered: Jan 2009
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Distribution: PClinuxOS
Posts: 82
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I have tried many of the more popular distros but can't get away from PCLinuxOS. Tex does a great job addressing the issues that crop up. For the longest, I wouldn't upgrade from 2009 but I've found 2011 to be top notch. This is not a plug for the distro, it is just my honest opinion. OTOH, the forums have some catching up to do.
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12-28-2011, 05:36 PM
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Member
Registered: Apr 2006
Distribution: Fedora
Posts: 478
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I used Ubuntu for a while, but after they moved to their new Unity desktop I moved to ArchLinux.
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12-28-2011, 07:05 PM
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Member
Registered: Oct 2010
Location: Russia, Moscow
Distribution: Open Suse, Rus-BSD, Aptosid, Mageia, Ubuntu
Posts: 45
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Mageia have only one stable release, but now it is in 10 top major distros on Distro Watch. I replace with it my previous Mandriva installation on desktop
Last edited by Arelatensis; 12-28-2011 at 08:34 PM.
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12-28-2011, 07:07 PM
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Member
Registered: Dec 2005
Location: Philippines
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 409
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I go with what I use, Slackware
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12-29-2011, 01:53 AM
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#12
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Feb 2011
Location: Washington state
Distribution: Slackware 14.0, Ubuntu CE 12.04, Chakra
Posts: 26
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If, Bodhi were on the ballot I would vote for it. Solid Enlightenment distro which has a fast boot.
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12-29-2011, 02:41 AM
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Member
Registered: Jan 2011
Location: İstanbul
Distribution: Slackware,Debian
Posts: 62
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Slackware |
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12-29-2011, 04:46 AM
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#14
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LQ Veteran
Registered: Nov 2005
Location: London
Distribution: Slackware64-current
Posts: 5,088
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Slackware
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12-29-2011, 07:24 AM
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#15
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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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Will this be the year when Slackware moves up to Number One, from its usual second place spot?
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