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View Poll Results: Desktop Distribution of the Year
The question is tricky, as always. "Best suited" and "personal preference" are very different things...
So I'll select one that I wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole anymore, but I would happily recommend as a good desktop distribution for non-nerds who ask for my opinion: Bodhi. Deal makers: Straightforward installation, (arguably) attractive default desktop, no bleeding-edge software, no outdated security, no terminal tinkering required for basic tasks.
Slackware. I run a few Linux distros and use them for different things, but Slackware is the one I most *like* using. If I had to pick one, it's the one of all of the distros I use that could do everything I want Linux to do, the way I want.
Distribution: Currently: OpenMandriva. Previously: openSUSE, PCLinuxOS, CentOS, among others over the years.
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Originally Posted by YesItsMe
The question is tricky, as always. "Best suited" and "personal preference" are very different things...
Yep, good point.
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So I'll select one that I wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole anymore, but I would happily recommend as a good desktop distribution for non-nerds who ask for my opinion: Bodhi. Deal makers: Straightforward installation, (arguably) attractive default desktop, no bleeding-edge software, no outdated security, no terminal tinkering required for basic tasks.
They are pretty much the deal-makers for me too. While I don't mind using the terminal, one shouldn't have to fiddle around just to be able to do normal everyday tasks when it comes to a normal desktop distro. I also believe that stability is important, as it's a pain when you're in the middle of doing something and some stupid bug decides to put the brakes on it (that's why I stopped using openSUSE). I wouldn't use Fedora as an everyday distro for the same reasons. For me, the optimal mix would be a distro that has up-to-date software, but where it's only stable versions that are included in a default install, along with KDE installed by default. I refuse to use any distro that installs GNOME by default, forget it.
It's puzzling, isn't it. I've always thought of Slackware as a minority interest. Perhaps it's because we are so loyal to our distro. It's the people who can be bothered to actually vote that determine the result.
It's puzzling, isn't it. I've always thought of Slackware as a minority interest.
It is.
If Fedora or Debian didn't have their own Forum and only convened here, guess who'd win come 2nd in the distro poll?
There's nothing puzzling about it.
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