Desktop Distribution of the Year

jeremy · 12-21-2011, 03:59 PM

The best Linux distribution for use on a Desktop machine.

--jeremy

teckk · 12-21-2011, 05:21 PM

I'm impressed with Arch

linus72 · 12-21-2011, 05:23 PM

Slackware of course

trillobyte · 12-21-2011, 05:33 PM

I'm happy with Slackware. It has everything I need to get the job done.

wpeckham · 12-21-2011, 11:59 PM

TinyCore

jv2112 · 12-22-2011, 06:37 AM

Arch or Archbang.................. either case Arch.

wagscat123 · 12-28-2011, 04:23 PM

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.

XenaneX · 12-28-2011, 04:46 PM

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.

JMJ_coder · 12-28-2011, 06:36 PM

I used Ubuntu for a while, but after they moved to their new Unity desktop I moved to ArchLinux.

Arelatensis · 12-28-2011, 08:05 PM

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

chrisretusn · 12-28-2011, 08:07 PM

I go with what I use, Slackware

cowlitzron · 12-29-2011, 02:53 AM

If, Bodhi were on the ballot I would vote for it. Solid Enlightenment distro which has a fast boot.

mesuutt · 12-29-2011, 03:41 AM

Slackware

sycamorex · 12-29-2011, 05:46 AM

Slackware

brianL · 12-29-2011, 08:24 AM

Will this be the year when Slackware moves up to Number One, from its usual second place spot?