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Old 12-19-2007, 02:36 PM   #1
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2007 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards Categories


Voting will soon open for the 2007 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards. Below you will find a list of potential categories for this year. As you can see, I have modified the categories based on feedback received over the last couple years. That being said, it's not too late to have an impact of the final category list. If you have suggestions for additions, removals or modifications, please post them in this thread. Thanks.

Server Distribution of the Year
Desktop Distribution of the Year
Live Distribution of the Year
Database of the Year
Desktop Environment of the Year
Window Manager of the Year
Browser of the Year
Network Security Application of the Year
Host Security Application of the Year
Shell of the Year
Messaging Application of the Year
Windows on Linux Application of the Year
Graphics Application of the Year
IDE/Web Development Editor of the Year
Text Editor of the Year
Mail Client of the Year
Office Suite of the Year
Multimedia Utility of the Year
Video Media Player Application of the Year
Video Authoring Application of the Year
Audio Media Player Application of the Year
Audio Authoring Application of the Year
Programming Language of the Year
Game of the Year
File Manager of the Year
Virtualization Product of the Year
Monitoring Application of the Year

--jeremy
 
Old 12-19-2007, 04:33 PM   #2
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Can we have a System Monitoring app of the year category?
 
Old 12-19-2007, 08:52 PM   #3
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A "Network Monitoring and Management Application of the Year" sounds like a good idea. Thanks for the feedback.

--jeremy
 
Old 12-19-2007, 10:10 PM   #4
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Desktop Publishing Work Flow Application of the year?

This could include graphics apps, DTP apps, editors, viewers, etc. I would suggest Scribus, Kpdf, GIMP, Inkscape, LittleCMS for starters.
 
Old 12-20-2007, 08:29 AM   #5
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penguiniator, most of those are included in our Graphics Application of the Year poll.

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Old 12-21-2007, 08:15 PM   #6
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Best Moderator/Member of the year?
 
Old 12-21-2007, 08:56 PM   #7
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Well, mail clients are already covered, so...why not open source MTA of the year? (postfix, qmail, exim and sendmail)




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Old 12-21-2007, 11:43 PM   #8
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Where is the link to vote?
 
Old 12-22-2007, 12:03 AM   #9
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Voting will soon open for the 2007 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards...
This thread is for other category considerations.
 
Old 12-22-2007, 03:29 AM   #10
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Best Moderator/Member of the year?
Hmm, this could turn very messy, very quickly...
 
Old 12-24-2007, 10:05 AM   #11
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The MTA poll was dropped a couple years ago due to lack of interest.

--jeremy
 
Old 12-25-2007, 04:27 PM   #12
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Did the same thing happen to the Best Moderator/Member of the year poll?
 
Old 12-25-2007, 07:52 PM   #13
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There never was a Best Moderator/Member of the year poll.

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Old 12-29-2007, 08:23 PM   #14
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Perhaps the games category could be split into "3d games" and "classic games" so you wouldn't have to directly compare games such as Nexuiz and PyChess directly.
 
Old 12-30-2007, 06:47 PM   #15
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Sorry for a stupid question, but on what merits are we actually voting? Are we voting on which application we think is the best for the said category or are we voting on which one made the most progress/advancement during 2007? I don't use or care much for KDE, but I think it made more advancements this year than the other desktop environments.

The reason I ask is because although application X might be better than application Y, it would seem odd to declare X the winner if it hasn't been updated since 2005 while Y is has almost caught up with a great amount of progress through the year. "Category of the year" seems to imply that a project made some great advancement in that year more so than simply picking our favorite.
 
  


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