{"id":923,"date":"2013-02-06T11:25:05","date_gmt":"2013-02-06T16:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nccomputertech.com\/?p=923"},"modified":"2013-02-06T11:25:05","modified_gmt":"2013-02-06T16:25:05","slug":"which-linux-distro-is-best-survey-says-slackware-pcworld","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2013\/02\/06\/which-linux-distro-is-best-survey-says-slackware-pcworld\/","title":{"rendered":"Which Linux distro is best? Survey says: Slackware"},"content":{"rendered":"

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One of the biggest ongoing challenges for Linux advocates has always been that there is such a paucity of data available to demonstrate the preferences of the people who are actually using the free and open source operating system.
\nThat’s especially true on the desktop, where virtually countless different flavors are available as a free download for every taste and purpose, but for which there’s really no way to take an accurate count, since typically they don’t ever get associated with any sales statistics.
\nDistroWatch’s page-hit rankings are often used as a stand-in for such data in the absence of anything better, but every once in a while someone takes a survey that provides fresh insight.
\nCase in point? LinuxQuestion.org’s annual Members Choice Awards, the results of which were just announced for 2012.
\nLinux Mint at No. 3
\nLongtime readers may recall the results of last year’s poll, in which Ubuntu took first place on the desktop while Slackware came in a very close second.
\nThis year, Slackware pulled into first place, with 20.59 percent, while Ubuntu dropped to 17.02 percent of the 981 votes that were collected.
\nNext in line was Linux Mint, with 16.21 percent, followed by Debian, with 12.64 percent.
\nFor the twelfth year in a row, a record number of votes were cast, popular community site LinuxQuestions.org said.
\nHonors for the Raspberry Pi
\nAs for other notable results? There were plenty.
\nTo wit: KDE won best desktop environment, with 31.31 percent; LibreOffice won as best office suite, with a whopping 85.14 percent; Firefox took top honors for browsers, with 52.76 percent; and GIMP won as top graphics application of the year, with 69.85 percent.
\nIt almost goes without saying that Debian won on servers, with 28.74 percent, and Android won on mobile, with 66.86 percent.
\nAlso not surprising was that the Raspberry Pi claimed new open source hardware product of the year, with 79.29 percent.
\nWant to see the rest of the results? An overall summary of the winners and a detailed breakdown by category are available on the LinuxQuestions.org site.
\nvia Which Linux distro is best? Survey says: Slackware | PCWorld<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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