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View Poll Results: Desktop Distribution of the Year
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Arch
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64 |
6.52% |
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Bodhi
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12 |
1.22% |
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CrunchBang
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46 |
4.69% |
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Debian
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124 |
12.64% |
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Fedora
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85 |
8.66% |
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Fuduntu
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13 |
1.33% |
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Gentoo
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15 |
1.53% |
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Linux Mint
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159 |
16.21% |
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Mageia
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16 |
1.63% |
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Mandriva
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2 |
0.20% |
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MEPIS
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6 |
0.61% |
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openSUSE
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38 |
3.87% |
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PClinuxOS
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6 |
0.61% |
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Puppy
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8 |
0.82% |
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Sabayon
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2 |
0.20% |
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Salix
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9 |
0.92% |
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Slackware
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202 |
20.59% |
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
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3 |
0.31% |
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Ubuntu
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167 |
17.02% |
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VectorLinux
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0% |
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Chakra
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2 |
0.20% |
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SolusOS
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2 |
0.20% |
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12-18-2012, 03:49 AM
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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: 6,196
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Slackware. Is there really any competition?  |
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12-18-2012, 03:52 AM
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#17
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LQ Veteran
Registered: Nov 2005
Location: London
Distribution: Slackware64-current
Posts: 5,113
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Quote:
Originally Posted by brianL
Slackware. Is there really any competition? |
Yes, Slackware64 |
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12-18-2012, 03:59 AM
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#18
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Oct 2008
Location: Holmesville Australia
Distribution: AntiX ,NimbleX ,Ubuntu,super x,
Posts: 11
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AntixMepis
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12-18-2012, 04:01 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Dec 2012
Posts: 5
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Debian
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12-18-2012, 04:58 AM
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#20
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Registered: Jan 2009
Location: New England
Distribution: Arch Linux
Posts: 690
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Arch .. the original... not a spin off... it is my personal erector set.... Build Anything you want.
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12-18-2012, 05:00 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Sep 2009
Location: Netherlands
Distribution: Linux Mint
Posts: 2
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I love Linux Mint 14 Cinnamon
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12-18-2012, 05:05 AM
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Member
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: On the Beaches of Super Sunny Southern San Clemente, California USA
Distribution: Slackware - duh!
Posts: 518
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Slackware...
Duh!
But I've been recommending LMDE to folks, mostly n00bs, and they seem to like it much more than ewboontew - not only that, but since it's a rolling distro there's no need for a re-install until you buy another box 
Perhaps LMDE deserves to be listed on its own instead of being lumped in with the other Mints?
Last edited by tallship; 12-18-2012 at 05:06 AM.
Reason: maek pritty!
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12-18-2012, 05:25 AM
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Registered: Sep 2009
Location: Geogia, USA
Distribution: Ubuntu, Debian, Live CDs
Posts: 213
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I voted for Arch, as Ubuntu has started down a dark path to commercialization. Right now, I'm running ArchBang (basically Arch with an OpenBox wrapper) from a roomy 16GB flash drive, and its working great. I'm still not used to systemd though  |
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12-18-2012, 05:34 AM
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Member
Registered: Dec 2009
Location: Bad Axe mi
Distribution: gentoo, Android, bohidI
Posts: 85
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No one giving gentoo any love?
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12-18-2012, 05:47 AM
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Member
Registered: Feb 2004
Location: Upstate New York
Distribution: openSUSE Linux 10.2
Posts: 83
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Xubuntu
Xubuntu
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12-18-2012, 05:55 AM
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Member
Registered: Sep 2012
Location: Italy
Distribution: Slackware, NetBSD
Posts: 464
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Quote:
Originally Posted by brianL
Slackware. Is there really any competition? |
yeah +1 |
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12-18-2012, 06:07 AM
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Member
Registered: Jun 2010
Location: Devon,UK
Distribution: Linux From Scratch, Slackware64,
Posts: 559
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Quote:
Originally Posted by k3lt01
... if you want XFCE to run fast try Debian and be amazed how much better it is without Canonical's, under the covers, bloatware.
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Or better yet use LFS/BLFS lightning fast and nothing installed that you didn't install yourself! |
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12-18-2012, 06:31 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Mar 2011
Posts: 1
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It's not allowing me to vote  Says I don't have sufficient permissions.
Donkeyotay |
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12-18-2012, 06:43 AM
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Member
Registered: May 2005
Location: Greece
Distribution: antiX using fluxbox, icewm, i3 and wmii
Posts: 276
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antiX - though once again it is not listed. Great for old and new hardware for those that like it mean and lean.
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12-18-2012, 07:40 AM
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#30
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Member
Registered: Mar 2006
Location: USA
Distribution: Ubuntu 12.04 & Debian Sid
Posts: 199
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tallship
Slackware...
Duh!
But I've been recommending LMDE to folks, mostly n00bs, and they seem to like it much more than ewboontew - not only that, but since it's a rolling distro there's no need for a re-install until you buy another box
Perhaps LMDE deserves to be listed on its own instead of being lumped in with the other Mints?
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Is it not considered part of Linux Mint, or should it have it's own separate vote? |
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