[Discuss] LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice

[tmetro-blu at vl.com (Tom Metro)]

The latest Debian Project News newsletter points out that Debian was the
top pick for "Server Distribution of the Year" in the 2011
LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Results:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/2011mca.php

Debian was closely followed by Slackware, both getting over 25%. Then
CentOS, RHEL, Ubuntu LTS, and others. (I knew Slackware was still
around, but I didn't think it had much market share. What is the claimed
advantage, or is it primarily used by those that "grew up" with it in
the 90's?)


Most of the questions in the LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice survey
have 400 to 600 responses, which should be statistically significant,
even if not scientific.

Some other interesting results:

Desktop Distribution of the Year
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/2011-linuxquestions-org-members-choice-awards-95/desktop-distribution-of-the-year-919878/
22% Ubuntu
22% Slackware
13% Debian
11% Linux Mint
 8% Arch
 7% Fedora

(Is LinuxQuestions.org a Slackware hangout?)

Desktop Environment of the Year
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/2011-linuxquestions-org-members-choice-awards-95/desktop-environment-of-the-year-919888/
33% KDE
28% Xfce
19% Gnome Shell
 7% LXDE
 5% Unity
 3% MATE

(Clearly not a main stream crowd...)


 -Tom

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