DEFINITIVE: Which Linux Distro? (poll for 2007-08)

By Fred Derf
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The Definitive Linux Poll for 2007!  

881 members have voted

  1. 1. Which Linux Distro?

    • Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu
      533
    • Debian/Shift/Mepis/Knoppix/Kanotix/Xandros/Elive
      53
    • Fedora Core/Redhat/RHEL/CentOS/WBEL
      73
    • OpenSUSE/SUSE/Novell
      76
    • Gentoo/Sabayon
      46
    • Mandriva/PCLinuxOS
      23
    • Slackware/Slax/Zenwalk
      20
    • Arch
      47
    • Linspire/Freespire
      2
    • Damn Small/Puppy
      8

  2. 2. Which destop environment / window manager?

    • GNOME
      532
    • KDE
      203
    • fluxbox/openbox/blackbox
      33
    • Xfce
      37
    • Enlightenment/E17
      8
    • IceVM
      2
    • TWM or something equally basic
      1
    • GUI? pft. CLI or die!
      18
    • other
      18
    • whatever my distro came with. Is there a choice?
      29

  3. 3. I use Linux primarily as a...

    • Desktop (for school, work, home, games)
      385
    • Media Centre (primarily for videos & music)
      8
    • Server (web,ftp,file/print)
      58
    • Desktop/Media Centre Mixed Use
      85
    • Desktop/Server Mixed Use
      55
    • Media Centre/Server Mixed Use
      3
    • Desktop/Media Centre/Server (I use it for everything)
      89
    • I don't really use it for anything but learning Linux
      171
    • Other
      27

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Experienced

Spacce

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I just tried the latest version of Sabayon..

I'm highly impressed

I might be considered sick and twisted but I actually kinda enjoyed the long installed of gentoo.. (told ya!)

Anyways.. the graphical install is pretty easy, detects most of the hardware (HP dv6000z laptop, AMD Turon64 X2 processor etc) , only thing I doesn't like its my wireless, which is just a general linux problem is seems..,

automounts work, which is pain (imo) to configure in regular gentoo

nVidia drivers are automatically setup, not the generic kind..

so three thumbs up

Grand Master

ViperAFK

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Trying out Linux Mint 3.0 now (Based off of ubuntu) it's quite good, comes with many multimedia codecs, has played every file I've thrown at it, comes with compiz and beryl, so the only thing I've needed to install is nvidia drivers. It also has a very polished gui and an intuitive menu. It comes with Flash, Java ect.. too

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Experienced

mujjuman

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ive used Mandriva and i loved it. then i used Fedora Core 5 for the longest time, and i loved it... except the fact that it freezes during updates and i cant ever get it to update.

and now that new versions of Fedora Core and ubuntu are out (version 7 and 7.04) im trying out both. i tried out ubuntu for the first time... and i dont like it at all. i found that FC5 and Mandriva were waaaay easier to configure. maybe its just me.

i also tried to stick with ubuntu since its SO popular but it just doesnt work for me. i want to try out PCLinuxOS too and see how that works out.

with Mandriva, i first came across KDE and i loved it so much. since FC5 uses gnome (has option for KDE) i got used to gnome.

right now im downloading FC7 (first time i downloaded, it timed out!!) because ubuntu is a bit frustrating.

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Proficient

rson451

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speed, rolling release, (debian's not really lacking this but) the amazing community backing it, the AUR/ABS. I like having more control than what i felt i was given in debian. dont get me wrong, i still have debian installed on my desktop, but when/if something goes wrong it will be replaced with arch. my server on the other hand will stay debian unless i wanna try out freebsd, which i probably wont be.

Enthusiast

xithium

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Xithium isnt XFCE meant to be lightweight too?

I guess it's all relative. Xfce is light compared to KDE or GNOME (although not as light as it used to be), but the *box WMs are considerably lighter still as they're not full blown desktop environments.

Rising Star

Viper_Maniac

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I'm using Ubuntu 6.10(I know I need to update but haven't gotten to it yet) and the WM's I use are KDE, Gnome, and Enlightenment. I picked Enlightenment, even though I use Gnome way more than Enlightenment, because its so damn cool to mess around with. :D I'm not sure why I have KDE installed. Only used it maybe once. :laugh:

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