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Readers' Choice Awards 2011
Best Linux Distribution
Ubuntu
Runner-up: Debianapt, apt and more apt this year in the distribution category. Although it's no surprise that Ubuntu remains king of the distros, it's nice to see Debian, the "father" of Ubuntu gaining some ground. Whether it's because Linux Mint is making Debian more user-friendly or because folks are drawn to the appeal of Debian's stability, it got just about half the votes of all the Ubuntu variants combined. Way to go Debian! Oh, and of course, congratulations to the winner and still-champion, Ubuntu.
The votes are in, the tallies are counted, the hanging chads have been evaluated, and we have our winners. This year holds a few surprises, a couple dominant players and as much open source as you can handle. We don't encourage gambling here at Linux Journal, but if you had an office pool going for pizza money, it's officially too late to make your wager.
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Sure the best distro is
Sure the best distro is Ubuntu, no doubts dudes
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It certainly can be useful for many of us, thanks for sharing.
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Wow.. how many years of this
Wow.. how many years of this process, and LJ still doesn't actually present the real results, or even graphs of results. Are we readers really that stupid?
GAVNO
GNOME ЩЕЛЬ is sucks
Any chance of a single page view of this?
I have already clicked through 3 pages and am now bored trying to find sections I am interested in.
A Table of Contents/Index would be nice, or a way to see it all one page even.
Since most web developers
Since most web developers using Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) tools are considerably more familiar and experienced with HTML and thus PHP, along with popular bwin MySQL database, it seems reasonable that Drupal, Joomla and a few other AMP based tools would be more popular. But to say they are the best, especially when many circumstances and requirements of web development require functionality and features outside their capabilities - like sophisticated "workflow", or an "Application server" to connect to Oracle, or PostgreSQL data stores, and particularly a qualifyable proven superior security model, show significant benefits of alternative Web software, like Plone CMS for example.
whata surprise
ohh. whata surprise! aint it same list at 2009 and 2010
This is really a painful way to read this article.
Would it be possible to post a table of contents and a precis rather than force us to "next" our way through a few dozen 3x5 card sized vignettes?
Cheers!
Complete Results
Could we see a complete list of the programs that were voted for, the number of votes and percentage of votes for each one. It would be nice to see where it each program finished on the complete list for each category.
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It's nice reading these
It's nice reading these yearly ratings. I find I am almost always in agreement with one of your top two and sometimes learn good info.
Best games?!?!
Ok both World of Goo and Battle for Wesnoth are excellent games, but really? This year there were many awesome games released for Linux! Just check www.desura.com and you will see many good quality games! Frozen Synapse, Oil Rush, Amnesia: TTD, Trine, Darwinia...
VB.NET FTW!
VB.NET FTW!
Readers' Choice Awards 2011
COKE!
No PEPSI !
COKE!
NO WAY! PEPSI !!
trolling for hits?
You should have heard the laughter in the conference room this morning when someone put the title on the link: half the devs in the room spit out their coffee.
As someone said, "Its like saying that people picked WinPhone8 over Android, Apple and RIM", it sounds out of place and fishy.
Maybe weve seen too many of these fake election results (the pre-planned coloured revolutions and the TWO GWB elections) that we dont even bother reacting to fraud but more people care about tech so lets hope this doesnt slide by.
But bad-weird-fishy articles can get as much if not more hits than good ones.
Elections
Actually, GWB never lost any of the single recounts that occurred during and after the election; even the recounts done by a number of the liberal organizations--that's a simple fact, if not a bit off-topic.
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interface lixo.
interface lixo.
Thanks for compiling this
Thanks for compiling this up.
And very comprehensive and well done. It indeed does show the right trend.
Choices are an individual thing, but I'm delighted to see some of my dear choices winning the seat: drupal, pidgin, eclipse and ofcourse debian and apt.
Ubuntu & Gnome??!!
I see Ubuntu monopolizing Linux and that is the end of Linux's essence and our freedom.
Gnome 3, another about restricting freedom of choice.
LinuxJournal, I don't read your magazine any longer.
But you have the freedom to
But you have the freedom to choose some other distribution and window manager. I don't get your point.
Freedom of Choice
I think the original poster's point was that if Ubuntu becomes synonymous with Linux then the Ubuntu way of doing things will become the default. You will have a majority of users who, enticed by Ubuntu's user friendliness treat Linux as just another Windows with no understanding of and no desire to understand technical or philosophical issues. To these people Ubuntu is the operating system not Linux. What does the "Ubuntu" operating system look like? It looks like the current default window manager, just like the various versions of Windows have a certain look and feel. Meanwhile people who embrace Linux for what it really is i.e. an operating system that gives the user total control only limited by his/her enthusiasm and ability to learn whilst upholding free software principles, will slowly become the minority. The founding principles will be submerged in a sea of popularist clap-trap. As I've said in other posts, if anything is to appeal to the masses then almost by definition it has to be "dumbed down". I would hate to see Linux go down that path.
Suse, Mint, and many other
Suse, Mint, and many other distro's destroy Ubuntu.. Ubuntu going to unity is just BAD BAD BAD.. Horrible release.
biggest load of crap ever, LJ
biggest load of crap ever, LJ just lost any credibility for me
You are right - this is ridiculous
GNOME 3 product of the year!!! This has got to be the best joke of the year.
Gnome3 (shell) experience
Gnome3 (shell) experience just lacks a matured global menu(under development as an extension) for the no 1 position in all desktop environments available in this universe.
I dont know ati driver issues still exists since i dumped ati.Congrats for the team and lets make it better.
Tsk, tsk. People who have .
Tsk, tsk. People who have . in their path should know better, it should be ./configure, make, make install.
questionalble use of word "best" in Readers' Choice awards.
There are 2 categories where the "readers" choose software as the best, when empirical evidence would show that "technically" what is more popular or familiar is not necessarily the "best" product.
1. Best CMS
Since most web developers using Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) tools are considerably more familiar and experienced with HTML and thus PHP, along with popular MySQL database, it seems reasonable that Drupal, Joomla and a few other AMP based tools would be more popular. But to say they are the best, especially when many circumstances and requirements of web development require functionality and features outside their capabilities - like sophisticated "workflow", or an "Application server" to connect to Oracle, or PostgreSQL data stores, and particularly a qualifyable proven superior security model, show significant benefits of alternative Web software, like Plone CMS for example.
2. Virtualization
It is a matter of record that VMWare has more and better virtualization advanced management functions than any other at this time, including other big name VM products like IBM's VM, Microsoft's HyperV and RedHat kvm.
I suspect that because Virtualbox is FOSS and without costs, while VMWare and others commercial VM can be expensive, most Readers' Choice voters have good experience only with Virtualbox, which is understandable, but does not make popularity equal to best.
WTF
Are you insane, gnome 3 is awful. They broke working stuff and replaced it with useless touch interface.
Wordpress and Drupal are best CMS?
They might be the most well-known but that doesn't make them the best! Many people I came across that worked with either of them didn't like them (including myself).
The CMS future (for PHP) is http://www.concrete5.org
It's clean, well-structured (Zend/MVC-approach) and has a great community :-)
Best Game category needs an overhaul
"Frozen Bubble" ? "Battle for Wesnoth" ? STILL? After eight years? Oh come *on* guys, Linux isn't in the attic anymore when it comes to gaming. Hell, since "Google Docs" and "Gmail" got nominated for best Linux anything (when they are platform independent!), why not nominate some Macromedia Flash games for "Best Linux Game" ?
Seriously, there's plenty of resources to get your Linux gaming out of the rut of Tuxracer/ Wesnoth/ FrozenBubble. Linux now has a Steam-like with "Desura" http://www.desura.com/games ; there's a reddit sub-forum for linux gamers http://reddit.com/r/linux_gaming ; there are still new resources like http://penguspy.com/ (with criteria filters and video previews!) to ursurp the 1995 webdesign of Linux Game Tome.
I understand this reader's poll is based on what the readers know, it's not some editorial policy that's holding people back. There's so much more out there that's been written since 2003! World of Goo is just one of them!
Hell, were there any votes for Minecraft? It's java, but I'd call it Linux since it is packaged with Linux native libraries (and if you can call "Gmail" a linux application... why not something that actually runs on your workstation instead of just the surface facing?)
Ubuntu?!
Speaking as one who jumped ship recently, I'm not sure how you could justify leaving Ubuntu on top of the distro pile post 10:10. I love 10:10 although it did nothing new, it did very like wrong. I enjoyed using Debian this year, but admit I crumbled to the path of least resistance and now use Mint. Ubuntu Unity is a shambles.
I thought I'd stumbled over 2010 run down.
I found a video which
I found a video which compares the two Debian and Ubuntu head to head. http://www.clipvice.com/debian-vs-ubuntu/ I prefer Debian (even if it is 2nd place)
you can change !
If you don't like Unity, you can change others.
As a Linuxer, you should know, no distro restricts you !
In ubuntu, you only need to click your mouse a few times.
this is a joke right
this is a joke right ubuntu... even its little brother mint kicks its ass. who voted here??
Shut up!
Shut up!
no more ...
There are no more Linux distros that are original. They're all trying to do the same thing. Of course this is a gross exaggeration or generalization, but the roadmap for a simple work environment has been bulldozed and replaced by distros that try to do everything.
I'm sick of Gnome vs. KDE debates - they both are heading in the wrong direction. I'm not looking to replace my Windows machines, nor my Macs. What I would like is an OS that does the Desktop Experience completely different, but I'm not about to throw away all my toolkits for a single OS that does everything I need. That will NEVER exist.
<3 I love Windows for Gaming - plain and simple, its #1 followed closely by the X360 & PS3 consoles.
:'( I hate that I spend more time maintaining my windows install than using it to compute.
<3 I love Mac OS X Leopard, Snow Leopard, and even Lion for the quality of the experience - Time Machine is a wicked tool for everyone, if Time Machine was a product on its own, I'm sure all Windows users would appreciate it, especially Systems Admins.
:'( I hate how temperamental OS X is after installing Flash; nor do I like how clumsy it feels if you don't clean the cache/tmp; don't even get me started on broken permissions! WTH is that all about? Imagine if an IBM Enterprise Transaction Server running AIX for banking had the same problem? System Admins throughout the world would be committing suicide with blunt instruments en-mass!
<3 I love Linux for the fact that so much quality software is out there, and that there are many different base versions available - enough to suite specific requirements of just about anyone.
:'( I hate that there so many using a single well known base, which I will not mention here *cough Debian cough cough*, and get away with changing very little of it - then are awarded meaningless #1 for year XXXX. WTH is that all about? Let me paraphrase Linus Torvalds by saying: 'That's because they're stupid and ugly.' [not an insult, just being playful].
<3 I love BeOS, still to this day, but it's gone and Haiku I fear is not being taken as seriously as it deserves to be. It is truly an original approach to computing. It is my adventure every time I'm feeling nostalgic and reminds me that modern hardware is even faster when treated nicely by a nicely coded OS like Haiku.
:'( I hate that Haiku is not taken seriously enough as, what I call, an Entertainment OS (meaning it's entertaining to play with).
<3 I love Unix because because All BSD versions are so good that every other OS tries to capture some feature set from it, then perhaps perfect it in their own right.
:'( I hate Unix because ... hmm, 2 words: VMS & Solaris. *puke* nough said!
I think its high time devices manufacturers followed very strict guidelines and made plug-n-play a reality by including the dam*ed driver as part of the firmware. I've been saying this since 1988.
I think the same is true for basic windowing features belonging as part of the BIOS of the motherboards. Stop re-inventing the wheel. Every programmer worth their salt knows that abstraction at the lowest level is always a good thing. Static code analysis is wonderful, and should be in rampant use - but it's not as popular as one might think.
That's my butt crack opinion, sorry for stinking up the place!
A very interesting take on
A very interesting take on things. Feels like I want to lookup BeOS...
Huh? Buntu Unity wins? Yeah right.
I have no reason to believe anything that is posted on this site after reading this article.
ramblings
I to was disapointed to see ubuntu being crowned the "daddy" of linux distro's as it seems recently a shedload of their users have jumped ship due the the unity debacle, for me PCLinuxos rolling release is my distro of choice, i further agree that a text editor section should have been included.however great article, i look forward to reading ur mag every month.
Ubuntu 12.04 and Intel HD 2000 graphics
Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin Alpha 1 is promising -- I'm using it to type this comment, and although it's an alpha, it hasn't yet crashed on me -- but it still doesn't support the full resolution of the base-model Dell Vostro 360 ("Sandy Bridge" processor with integrated HD 2000 graphics). See my short review for details.
These Intel processors with on-die graphics are becoming quite ubiquitous. The first Linux distribution that supports them "out of the box" will get a substantial boost.
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Webmaster, this post is a MESS!
Sorry about that. There was
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Proposed New Categories
Gnome3, Product of the Year? Come on.
Instead, it should have won the brand new Flamewar of the Year category, thanks to "the unholy mess that is Gnome 3" by Linus Torvalds.
Yes, we all want our Text Editor of the Year, vim. Would win the Scariest Program for Newbies of the Year ranking hands down as well.
And finally, what's really missing: Kernel of the Year.
Ladies and gentlemen, Linux.