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View Poll Results: Desktop Distribution of the Year
antiX 6 0.71%
Arch 68 8.08%
BunsenLabs 5 0.59%
Chakra 1 0.12%
Debian 98 11.64%
Devuan 8 0.95%
elementary OS 7 0.83%
Fedora 74 8.79%
Gentoo 11 1.31%
Linux Deepin 0 0%
Linux Lite 4 0.48%
Linux Mint 131 15.56%
Linux Mint Debian Edition 5 0.59%
Mageia 19 2.26%
Manjaro 14 1.66%
MX Linux 28 3.33%
Nanolinux 3 0.36%
openSUSE 52 6.18%
PClinuxOS 28 3.33%
Peach OSI 0 0%
Peppermint 4 0.48%
Puppy 1 0.12%
Sabayon 5 0.59%
Salix 4 0.48%
Slackware 135 16.03%
Solus 6 0.71%
SolydXK 0 0%
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 1 0.12%
Ubuntu 118 14.01%
Void Linux 3 0.36%
Zorin OS 3 0.36%
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Old 12-28-2016, 11:28 AM   #1
jeremy
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Desktop Distribution of the Year


Which distribution do you think is best suited for a Desktop machine?

--jeremy
 
Old 12-28-2016, 11:58 AM   #2
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I have voted openSUSE, since there was just one choice.
There are some more really good distros on that list though.
 
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Old 12-28-2016, 01:24 PM   #3
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I thought of counting and thinking how many would not be there if for Debian but too many rock!
I missed if this was a multiple pick poll?(Damn my impatience:)voted Debian but should have put Salix as well!

Edit: now I see above "no," tho it would be cool!?

Last edited by jamison20000e; 12-28-2016 at 09:27 PM.
 
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Old 12-28-2016, 01:27 PM   #4
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Voted antix.
 
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Old 12-28-2016, 02:29 PM   #5
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My tried & true is Mageia...
 
Old 12-28-2016, 02:54 PM   #6
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Linux Lite. It finally took my desktop away from Linux Mint. (Yes, I love Debian too.)

Oops... did I just vote 3 times?
 
Old 12-28-2016, 09:24 PM   #7
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Ubuntu, due to it's large package repository, its ease of use, and the five year lifespan of the LTS releases. I prefer using JULinux 12, an Ubuntu MATE variant with a one prong MATE menu on the lower left corner, its own wallpaper, and a unique greeter screen on LightDM.
 
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Old 12-28-2016, 09:29 PM   #8
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netinst it your way?
 
Old 12-31-2016, 07:33 AM   #9
fatmac
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AntiX - still the best there is.
 
Old 01-03-2017, 05:32 PM   #10
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Cant vote.
 
Old 01-03-2017, 05:33 PM   #11
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xircon, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.
 
Old 01-03-2017, 05:35 PM   #12
jeremy
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xiron, as outlined in the sticky that includes information about the MCA's:

Quote:
* You must have at least one post to be able to vote.
--jeremy
 
Old 01-03-2017, 05:47 PM   #13
MrRtd
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This year I voted for Manjaro. I spent a good part of last year using Netrunner Rolling before making the jump over to Manjaro.

After being a Kubuntu user for many years I just had to switch to a distro that can keep up with the latest KDE changes and bug-fixes. In fact I quite like the rolling distribution model which is the main reason I didn't choose Neon.
 
Old 01-04-2017, 01:08 AM   #14
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I voted openSUSE. What I really meant is tumbleweed -- not Leap 42.1 which gave me lots of small niggles (Leap42.2 seems to be improved, though). Tumbleweed is quite surprising for me, my first rolling release with no complaints in more than one year of use. Kudos.

<edit> Hehe. That's one on me. After yesterday's update there is a firmware error, some IDs of the CPU-cores get tangled, but the system is working anyhow. </edit>

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Old 01-04-2017, 11:20 AM   #15
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Linux Mint is my current favorite, nicely laid out and easy to install.
 
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