Desktop Distro 2007

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Which distro do you use for the desktop?

Ubuntu
38
54%
openSUSE
6
9%
Fedora
10
14%
MEPIS
0
No votes
PCLinuxOS
0
No votes
Mandriva
0
No votes
Debian
4
6%
Slackware
2
3%
Sabayon
0
No votes
KNOPPIX
0
No votes
Gentoo
6
9%
Zenwalk
0
No votes
Kubuntu
2
3%
FreeBSD
1
1%
Other (too many to list them all)
1
1%
 
Total votes: 70

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Desktop Distro 2007

Post by Christopher »

This a 2007 poll of people's favorite Linux desktop distro, because the list of top distros changes year to year. This new poll should provide more up-to-date information on what people are using. I have selected the current top ~15 from distrowatch.com (including FreeBSD). If a favorite has been overlooked, let us know.

The previous 2003-2006 poll is here.
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Post by Kieran Huggins »

It will be interesting to see if/where/how much users have consolidated recently.
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As with my previous votes of the same type, Fedora Core.
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Ubuntu. Cleanly done, user-friendly, with the command-line environment people like me can turn to for package management. Based on a debian underbelly so damn stable and easy to find packages for in the repositories. Performing a full dsitribution upgrade never takes more than an hour, most of which time is downloading packages.
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d11wtq wrote:Ubuntu. Cleanly done, user-friendly, with the command-line environment people like me can turn to for package management. Based on a debian underbelly so damn stable and easy to find packages for in the repositories. Performing a full dsitribution upgrade never takes more than an hour, most of which time is downloading packages.
Updating from dapper to edgy, my (k)ubutu crapped out. X wouldn't start after updating. I'd start it manually, but it would crash in about two minutes. I had to do a fresh install. Even though I could've scoured the forums and fixed my problem, I just couldn't be bothered...
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Post by Jenk »

I'll give you one guess what I voted..

I am a control freak, and it provides me the control I desire.
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Gentoo. Makes it as simple as it can be to get things configured how I want them.
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Post by Kieran Huggins »

wow... so far 8/11 is debian, with 7/8 of that *ubuntu! That's crazy!

Come to think of it.. doesn't surprise me that much.
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Post by Bryan »

Fedora all the way! :D Looking to Fedora 7 myself.
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Post by Oren »

Hey Bryan... :P
They said "Desktop distro" if you didn't notice :lol:
Ubuntu eats Fedora for launch :lol:
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Post by Bryan »

Fedora is a desktop OS. And a very decent one, at that. Just gotta know how to work it. ;)

Everah: good to know there's another Fedora guy on here. :P
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Post by RobertGonzalez »

Yup, I am a big proponent of Fedora. I haven't yet had a chance to install Ubuntu to test, though I am sure it will be close to as cool as Fedora. In any event, they both trump Windows so I'd be happy with either. But at this point, I am totally pro-Fedora.
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Well then install Ubuntu... I tried both Fedora and Ubuntu (each for only few days). Right now I have Ubuntu and it's much more user friendly. You really should give it a try.
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I'm trying, but I have three computers at home that are all puking at some point or another on any install (Fedora or Ubuntu). When I get a computer that I can be confident I could shoot in the face with a bazooka, I will get them installed.
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After so many problems getting Ubuntu Edgy 64bit to cooperate, I got 32bit Feisty installed and working, so I had to come on here and brag about it. Got both of my monitors working, my five button mouse working, beryl/emerald installed (verrrry cool), eclipse installed... I'm so proud of myself :D. Everything's lovely, and I'm officially a linux convert... already sent Bill the pink slip
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