1997 Readers' Choice Awards

Winner: Linux v2 Information Headquarters \thttp://www.linuxhq.com/

Runner Up: The Linux Documentation Project \thttp://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/ \thttp://www.ssc.com/linux/resources/ldp.html

With so many excellent Linux web pages out there this category was quite competitive. The Linux v2 Information Headquarters won by just a few votes with the Linux Documentation Project close behind.

Winner: ISDN

Runner Up: Laser Printer

The Most Desired Upgrade was for faster connectivity through ISDN. Second on our Readers' wish list was a laser printer.

Winner: Quake

Runner Up: Doom

Quake, the 3-D monster killing fest, topped our Readers' list as their favorite Linux Game, followed by Doom, another 3-D monster killing fest.

Winner: Intel

Runner Up: PowerMac

The Primary Platform that LJ Readers are using is, not surprisingly, Intel. Making a good showing in second place was Linux on the PowerMac (MkLinux).

Winner: Pine

Runner Up: Elm

This category came down to a competition between the two most common mailers, Pine and Elm. Pine was the decisive winner, receiving over twice as many votes as Elm.

Winner: XFree

Runner Up: Accelerated X

XFree is the X-server of choice amongst voters in this poll. The free X-Server XFree topped second place Accelerated X by over 2000 votes.

Winner: fvwm

Runner Up: fvwm-95

The clear winner in the Window Manager category is fvwm with the Windows95 look-alike fvwm-95 in second place.

Winner: SOLID Server

Runner Up: Empress RDBMs

SOLID Server was a clear winner in the very competitive database category garnering almost three times as many votes as its nearest competitor, Empress RDBMs.

Winner: xfm

Runner Up: Northern Commander

xfm won as Favorite File Manager. Northern Commander finished second.

Winner: BRU

Runner Up: CTAR

LJ Readers' voting shows that they prefer to back up their data with BRU.

Winner: RealAudio

Runner Up: TiMidity

From a list of over 20 possibilities Real Audio (first) and TiMidity (second) were the winners in this category.

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