2014 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Award Categories

jeremy · 12-04-2014, 12:48 PM

It's almost time for the 2014 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards. Here is the list of proposed categories for this year. Keep in mind that while we understand that some categories end up containing projects that might not be directly comparable, it's simply not feasible to have enough categories to be all encompassing. If you have suggestions on additions, subtractions or modifications, let us know. I'll be finalizing the list and posting the polls based on feedback from this thread.

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Desktop Distribution of the Year
Server Distribution of the Year
Mobile Distribution of the Year
Database of the Year
NoSQL Database of the Year
Office Suite of the Year
Browser of the Year
Desktop Environment of the Year
Window Manager of the Year
Messaging Application of the Year
VoIP Application of the Year
Virtualization/Container Product of the Year
Audio Media Player Application of the Year
Video Media Player Application of the Year
Graphics Application of the Year
Network Security Application of the Year
Host Security Application of the Year
Network Monitoring Application of the Year
IDE/Web Development Editor of the Year
Text Editor of the Year
File Manager of the Year
Open Source Game of the Year
Programming Language of the Year
Revision Control System of the Year
Backup Application of the Year
Open Source CMS/Blogging platform
Configuration Management Tool of the Year
Open Source Web Framework of the Year
X Terminal Emulator of the Year
Open Source Cloud Solution of the Year

Thanks for the feedback.

--jeremy

jeremy · 12-04-2014, 12:49 PM

Are there any polls that members think should be removed this year? "Game Distribution Service of the Year" is one possible addition. Any others?

--jeremy

notKlaatu · 12-04-2014, 12:59 PM

I'd personally be interested in the results of:
Video Editor of the Year {Kdenlive,Shotcut,Lightworks,OpenShot,Pitivi,Flowblade}
DAW of the Year {Qtractor,LMMS,Ardour2,Ardour3,Rosegarden,Muse,Non}
Soft Synth of the Year {AmSynth,Yoshimi,Zyn,AlsaModular,Bristol}

jeremy · 12-04-2014, 01:04 PM

We removed Audio Authoring Application of the Year and Video Authoring Application of the Year a few years ago due to lack of participation and lopsided results.

--jeremy

wagscat123 · 12-05-2014, 08:43 PM

Perhaps separate the Graphics Application of the year into Vector Graphics and Raster Graphics

cowlitzron · 12-11-2014, 02:00 PM

I would like to see the FTP client of the year added. Clients include FileZilla, gFTP, Konqueror, LFTP, and NcFTP.

jeremy · 12-11-2014, 02:53 PM

Thanks for the feedback. I'm not sure there would be sufficient participation in that category, but I'm going to leave a few additional days for feedback.

--jeremy

Keith Hedger · 12-11-2014, 05:35 PM

+1 for ftp application oty

Would also be nice, but probable impractical to be able to vote for more than one entry, maybe a first second third preference

teresaejunior · 12-11-2014, 10:54 PM

Shell Interpreter of the Year
Note-taking Application of the Year (including personal wiki and journal)
Download Management Application of the Year (including P2P like torrent...)
Image Viewer of the Year
Email Client of the Year

New FOSS Project of the Year

jeremy · 12-12-2014, 11:47 AM

Thanks for the feedback. Here is the final list of 2014:

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Desktop Distribution of the Year
Server Distribution of the Year
Mobile Distribution of the Year
Database of the Year
NoSQL Database of the Year
Office Suite of the Year (* Possible this will be removed next year if the category remains uncompetitive)
Browser of the Year
Desktop Environment of the Year
Window Manager of the Year
Messaging Application of the Year
VoIP Application of the Year
Virtualization/Container Product of the Year
Audio Media Player Application of the Year
Video Media Player Application of the Year
Graphics Application of the Year (* Possible this will be removed or altered next year if the category remains uncompetitive)
Network Security Application of the Year
Host Security Application of the Year
Network Monitoring Application of the Year
IDE/Web Development Editor of the Year
Text Editor of the Year
File Manager of the Year
Open Source Game of the Year
Programming Language of the Year
Revision Control System of the Year (* Possible this will be removed or altered next year if the category remains uncompetitive)
Backup Application of the Year
Configuration Management Tool of the Year
Open Source Web Framework of the Year
X Terminal Emulator of the Year
Privacy Solution of the Year
Open Source Cloud Solution of the Year
FTP Client of the Year
Game Distribution Service of the Year

I'll be posting each poll with nominees in a new thread. After some time for feedback, we'll make the polls live.

--jeremy

abefroman · 04-21-2015, 03:54 PM

For 2015 I think Open Source Server Control Panel is a good one.

There's a lot more than just Webmin now, and many are starting to rival the paid control panels.

With all the free one's out there now, people could use an idea of which one is a favorite.

There are about 15 free one's here:
http://www.tecmint.com/web-control-p...linux-servers/

And this is a up and coming field, with 2 great new panels becoming even more popular this year:
http://centos-webpanel.com/
and
http://sitebios.com/