Definitive: Which Linux distribution do you prefer? (2013 edition)

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  1. 1. Which Linux distribution do you prefer?

    • Debian GNU/Linux
      21
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
      4
    • CentOS
      7
    • Fedora
      17
    • Arch Linux
      27
    • {K-, X-, L-}Ubuntu
      56
    • Linux Mint
      34
    • Gentoo
      3
    • Slackware
      3
    • Mandrake
      0
    • Mageia
      0
    • openSUSE
      4
    • Other (specify below)
      11
    • I'm rolling my own distribution.
      1

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Well, I chose Fedora, because it is the best. Barring the fact of the F18's installer, which in my opion is a mess. But I am running Ubuntu and Mint at this time. I am hoping Fedora can fix the installer in F19. If they do, I will start using it again.

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Max Norris

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Linux isn't my primary desktop, but have a half dozen or so units running Arch in a server configuration, rather like how it's set up, that and it has zero assumptions on what you want installed regardless of the environment, build it from the ground up.

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wickedlester

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Been using Arch since 2004. I always have Arch installed regardless of what other Distro I am trying out at the time. Arch is so easy to customize to my own preferences I couldn't think of not having it installed.

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Karl L.

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Ever since getting involved in Debian development I'm not sure I could ever change distributions. From a purely technical infrastructure perspective I believe Debian is far ahead of every other distribution. Although, anyone who has read my posts over the last year probably could have guessed my vote regardless...

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guitmz

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I'm not a fan of Ubuntu since 10.04 but I'm in love now with Elementary OS (based on 12.04 LTS - but the interface is what matters to me, looks amazing...). Other than that, I like Arch, Gentoo and Fedora ones

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Karl L.

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Actually, it's based off Ubuntu that is based off of Debian.

Were you correcting Tyler R.'s post immediately above you? If so, he did not need correction. Crunchbang proudly proclaims that they are a Debian derivative. (They use the phrase "proudly powered by Debian" repeatedly on their website and in their documentation.) Crunchbang was once based on Ubuntu, but the authors became unsatisfied with the direction Ubuntu was taking and switched to Debian a couple of years ago. The current release - Crunchbang Linux 11 - is based on Debian Wheezy. The previous release - Crunchbang Linux 10 - was based on Debian Squeeze. The previous release was the first one to be based on Debian directly.

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