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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 |
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, 08:09 AM
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Member
Registered: Nov 2010
Distribution: Slackware64 -current
Posts: 82
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Slackware
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12-18-2012, 08:14 AM
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#32
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Member
Registered: Oct 2011
Location: Nepal
Distribution: RHEL, Ubuntu
Posts: 86
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For me Ubuntu is best because its really simple for noobs but again, I really like Fedora and I don't know about others and Linus Trovalds but I loved Gnome3. So I think I should vote for Fedora.
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12-18-2012, 08:37 AM
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#33
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Senior Member
Registered: Mar 2008
Location: Waaaaay out West Texas
Distribution: AntiX 13 , Various Puppys (MacPup),VL 7 STD Gold,Semplice
Posts: 1,463
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AntiX.
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12-18-2012, 09:07 AM
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#34
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Aug 2012
Posts: 1
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I like a lot of different distro's right now I am running Debian
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12-18-2012, 09:18 AM
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root 
Registered: Jun 2000
Distribution: Debian, Red Hat, Slackware, Fedora, Ubuntu
Posts: 9,585
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Quote:
Originally Posted by donkeyotay
It's not allowing me to vote  Says I don't have sufficient permissions.
Donkeyotay |
You need to have one post before you can vote in the MCA's. You should be able to vote without a problem now.
--jeremy |
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12-18-2012, 10:09 AM
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#36
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Oct 2012
Posts: 5
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Tricky question for me. I run worst-case scenario: linux on a fully Windows-optomized Toshiba laptop. PCLinuxOS ran very well for me, and if they ever get a 64-bit version available, it will get my vote. Until then, even though it makes my hair hurt to say it, Mint 14(ONLY) does get my vote. If they ever cut the cord and dump Ubuntu's repositories, they can be great.
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12-18-2012, 10:44 AM
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#37
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Member
Registered: Nov 2004
Location: the internet
Distribution: trx, #!, slack, gentoo, arch, witch, etc
Posts: 140
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Crunchbang
(without a doubt, nor a second's hesitation)
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12-18-2012, 11:12 AM
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#38
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Oct 2012
Posts: 5
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I agree that Crunchbang is great...elegant, fast, and stable; but, I can't make it work with my hardware.
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12-18-2012, 11:22 AM
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#39
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Dec 2012
Distribution: Crunchbang, Debian
Posts: 5
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Quote:
Originally Posted by lcafiero
CrunchBang -- Debian under the hood, Openbox on the surface (if you don't want to vote for CrunchBang, then vote Debian). :-)
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12-18-2012, 11:27 AM
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#40
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Senior Member
Registered: Feb 2009
Posts: 3,147
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Debian: stable and free.
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12-18-2012, 11:45 AM
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#41
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Oct 2006
Location: Campinas - SP - Brasil
Posts: 6
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I would vote Slax... the new Slax 7 is amazing. KDE 4.9 in 214Mb download. Fully Slackware 14 compatible with the new "slax activate <package>" package manager. Can you add Slax in the poll?
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12-18-2012, 11:55 AM
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#42
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Senior Member
Registered: Jul 2006
Location: London
Distribution: CentOS, Salix
Posts: 2,285
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I've voted for Fuduntu this year. They seem to have the knack of creating a rolling-release distro that's not unstable, they've got all the configuration tools that make life easy (inherited from Fedora), and they avoid the bugs that make life difficult (which are usually inherited from Ubuntu).
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12-18-2012, 01:00 PM
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#43
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Member
Registered: Apr 2002
Location: ks
Distribution: openSUSE 12.2 64 bit
Posts: 487
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openSUSE (Jeremy, please note the correct spelling.)
Please don't let Ubuntu win this year.
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12-18-2012, 01:18 PM
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#44
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Mar 2005
Location: Lacey, WA
Distribution: Bodhi Linux, Kubuntu Linux
Posts: 27
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Bodhi Linux is the best- give it a try
Bodhi Linux is the Enlightenment desktop on Ubuntu. Final Enlightenment desktop due by end of 2012. Kubuntu is right up there on top too.
Last edited by Fox7777; 12-18-2012 at 04:23 PM.
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12-18-2012, 02:15 PM
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#45
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root
Registered: Jun 2000
Distribution: Debian, Red Hat, Slackware, Fedora, Ubuntu
Posts: 9,585
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Quote:
Originally Posted by pilotgi
openSUSE (Jeremy, please note the correct spelling.)
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Corrected, thanks.
--jeremy |
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