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[Anaron]

A "Which Linux Distro?" poll for 2011. Please use this as a reference when researching Linux distros. As time goes on, the poll can be updated to add further options.

Happy Voting!

[bjoswald]

Ubuntu at the moment, but I have my doubts about 11.04.

[MrFuji]

Even though I like Arch Linux for it's flexibility and customisability, I voted Ubuntu as it is the best distro in terms of usability and user-friendliness. And to me, that's what matters most.

[Anaron]

Clearly, my knowledge of Linux distributions is lacking.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[Philip James Fry]

crap happens Anaron, No worries

[MarkusDarkus]

Just started using Mint. It's really good and dare I say easier than Ubuntu so far.

[Subject Delta]

My favour is still with Ubuntu for now, although it has been getting rather buggy of late

[mps69]

Ubuntu 10.10 all the way, finally dumped Windows on it's backside. It's been a bit of a learning curve, but fun.

[Jen Smith]

Arch, definitely. Get exactly the setup you want with minimal fuss. Sort of like Linux-From-Scratch... without the self-induced brain aneurysm. Always up to date, everything is pure vanilla from the source without third party butchery, easy to configure and maintain, and nobody picking what you should be running for you.

[Mouldy Punk]

Personally, I'm using Ubuntu on my netbook - but it's not really recognisable as ubuntu any more, it's openbox and a lot of the underlying 'stuff' has also been removed - so, although I'm happy that it's easy for me to do that with Ubuntu, I wouldn't feel honest voting for it.

I use CentOS on my VPS, and that gets 10 out of 10 for being so damn reliable.

Other distros are probably as reliable/easy-to-modify though, so I think my experience is a bit limited in terms of number of different distros I've used recently.

[Growled]

MarkusDarkus, on 02 February 2011 - 12:56, said:

Just started using Mint. It's really good and dare I say easier than Ubuntu so far.

In my opinion it's the best distro by far right now. Easy to set up, easy to use, and has all the right tools you need to get going.

[metallithrax]

Been using Mint for a few weeks now. Got Steam running, so I can go on Trackmania on either Mint or XP now.

Software manager makes installing stuff very easy and loads of online help for other stuff.

[lcg]

Anaron, on 02 February 2011 - 12:53, said:

Clearly, my knowledge of Linux distributions is lacking.

Mine too. I would like to be enlightened.

The distribution I'm most familiar with is Ubuntu, so I voted for it. I use it in a virtual machine on my primary PC, and I dual boot it with Windows XP on my old laptop. It's been a while since I used other distributions, so my vote isn't the most well informed.

[Gilly]

Linux Mint. By far the best "out of the box" distribution there is, in my opinion, and they have different flavours to suit different tastes as well (i.e. GNOME, KDE, LXDE etc.).

Right now I'm playing with their Debian-based edition (as opposed to their other editions, which are based on Ubuntu) and am very impressed.

[ncc50446]

Idea for the poll is to add in which GUI people use...Gnome, KDE, OpenBox, and so on.
I use Mandriva...Was the first Linux distro that I used, back when it was Mandrake.
Had the best support for my laptop. I tried Ubuntu, and really didn't like it...Bad hardware support for my laptop. Same with Fedora.
I prefer Gnome. Bad thing about Mandriva though...It doesn't seem to support the other GUI's out of the box...Just KDE and Gnome