2017 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Award Categories

It's once again that time of year; the 2017 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Award are almost upon us. Here is the list of proposed categories for this year. Please remember, 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.

For reference, this was the list from last year:

Desktop Distribution of the Year Server Distribution of the Year Mobile Distribution of the Year Database of the Year Office Suite of the Year Browser of the Year Desktop Environment of the Year Window Manager of the Year Audio Media Player Application of the Year Video Media Player Application of the Year Network Security Application of the Year Host Security Application of the Year Network Monitoring Application of the Year IDE of the Year Text Editor of the Year File Manager of the Year Open Source Game of the Year Programming Language of the Year Backup Application of the Year Configuration Management Tool of the Year X Terminal Emulator of the Year Privacy Solution of the Year Open Source File Sync Application of the Year Video Authoring Application of the Year IRC Client of the Year Package Manager of the Year Linux Filesystem of the Year Open Source Single Board Computer of the Year Virtualization Application of the Year Container Application of the Year Linux/Open Source Podcast of the Year Linux/Open Source Magazine of the Year Instant Messaging Client of the Year Digital Audio Workstation of the Year Raster Graphics Editor of the Year Linux Server Vendor of the Year

Proposed changes:

* Remove Mobile Distribution of the Year as Android has dominated the category recently. Possibly replace with Live or Security/Pen Test category.
* Raster Graphics Editor of the Year will be rotated out for Vector Graphics Editor of the Year
* Remove Linux/Open Source Magazine of the Year.
* Rotate out Package Manager of the Year and replace with a category containing Appimage, Flatpak, Snaps, etc.
* Rotate out Linux Server Vendor of the Year for either Desktop or Laptop.
* Rotate out Configuration Management Tool of the Year and replace with a Log Management category.

There are a couple other categories that are likely in need of a refresh or due to be rotated out. Thoughts?

--jeremy

Embedded distro over the year?
RPi distro of the year?
"Saved my Bacon" tool of the year? (I'd vote for either strace or valgrind on that one)

Originally Posted by jeremy There are a couple other categories that are likely in need of a refresh or due to be rotated out. Thoughts? --jeremy

Apps for social media?
• corebird
• telegram desktop
• web.whatsapp.com
• ...

Some suggestions:

*Best live distro running (stress that the distro is actually running live not simply because it has that capability)
*Best lightweight distro (ie runs on 1 GB RAM or less)

USB creator otY (possibly multiboot/crossplatform; with best UEFI support):
LOTS of posts mention these (yes, many are M$Win apps, so not Linux)
@Jeremy: I strongly lobby for this, if feasible.

MAYBE?something?somehow? related to WannaCry&etc/minixME/WPA2KRACK/etc
Sorry I'm totally vague here; maybe something that addresses Newbie security questions
(I realize 2 polls include wireshark & SEL; my thot is more general/overview,
but maybe such a concept of general security is not a poll-able 'tool'/pgm.)

Originally Posted by jeremy ... Proposed changes: * Remove Mobile Distribution of the Year as Android has dominated the category recently. Possibly replace with Live or Security/Pen Test category. * Raster Graphics Editor of the Year will be rotated out for Vector Graphics Editor of the Year * Remove Linux/Open Source Magazine of the Year. * Rotate out Package Manager of the Year and replace with a category containing Appimage, Flatpak, Snaps, etc. * Rotate out Linux Server Vendor of the Year for either Desktop or Laptop. * Rotate out Configuration Management Tool of the Year and replace with a Log Management category. There are a couple other categories that are likely in need of a refresh or due to be rotated out. Thoughts? --jeremy

Personally, I agree with most of your proposed changes but, I'd say for the first proposal; a "Live" distro category would probably be better than a Security/PenTest category. Given that other than our old mate Kali Linux; what other "PenTest" options would there really be? (I don't personally know of a lot of other options, short of installing the tools you would find in Kali on another distro - Debian itself perhaps?)

I also think that the suggestions in post #3 are a good idea given the "social media" age that we are currently living and ranting in. (I don't use FB, Twitter, etc myself)

PS: Ditched Ubuntu have we Jeremy? I'm sorry but I could not help but notice your user agent icon - no Ubuntu logo. (I don't blame ya if ya did, BTW)

Just my $0.02

I plan to finalize this list tomorrow. As much feedback as possible before then is appreciated.

--jeremy

Here's the current proposed categories:

Desktop Distribution of the Year Server Distribution of the Year Live Distribution of the Year Lightweight Distribution of the Year Database of the Year Browser of the Year Desktop Environment of the Year Window Manager of the Year Audio Media Player Application of the Year Video Media Player Application of the Year Network Security Application of the Year Host Security Application of the Year Network Monitoring Application of the Year IDE of the Year Text Editor of the Year File Manager of the Year Open Source Game of the Year Programming Language of the Year Backup Application of the Year Log Management Tool of the Year X Terminal Emulator of the Year Browser Privacy Solution of the Year Privacy Solution of the Year Open Source File Sync Application of the Year Video Authoring Application of the Year IRC Client of the Year Universal Packaging Format of the Year Single Board Computer of the Year Virtualization Application of the Year Container of the Year Orchestrator of the Year Linux/Open Source Podcast of the Year Secure Messaging Application of the Year Video Messaging Application of the Year Digital Audio Workstation of the Year Vector Graphics Editor of the Year Linux Desktop Vendor of the Year Email Client of the Year

As you can see, the list has once again changed substantially so as much additional feedback as possible is appreciated.

--jeremy

It looks good as far as I can see Jeremy! It's got my vote. Good job.

+1 from me as well. Looking forward to seeing the results.

Here's the final list of categories. I'll get all nominees posted and allow plenty of time for feedback before the polls go live.

Desktop Distribution of the Year Server Distribution of the Year Live Distribution of the Year Lightweight Distribution of the Year Database of the Year Browser of the Year Desktop Environment of the Year Window Manager of the Year Audio Media Player Application of the Year Digital Audio Workstation of the Year Video Media Player Application of the Year Video Authoring Application of the Year Network Security Application of the Year Host Security Application of the Year Network Monitoring Application of the Year IDE of the Year Text Editor of the Year File Manager of the Year Open Source Game of the Year Programming Language of the Year Backup Application of the Year Log Management Tool of the Year X Terminal Emulator of the Year Browser Privacy Solution of the Year Privacy Solution of the Year Open Source File Sync Application of the Year IRC Client of the Year Universal Packaging Format of the Year Single Board Computer of the Year Virtualization Application of the Year Container of the Year Orchestrator of the Year Linux/Open Source Podcast of the Year Secure Messaging Application of the Year Video Messaging Application of the Year Vector Graphics Editor of the Year Linux Desktop Vendor of the Year Email Client of the Year

--jeremy