Readers' Choice Awards 2010

James Gray — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 18:50:50 +0000

The votes are in! Read on to find out how your favorites fared in this year's awards.

Welcome to the 2010 Linux Journal Readers' Choice Awards. We love doing these awards because we get to interact with you, our readers, more than usual. This year, more than 12,000 of you generously took time to participate and share your perspectives on what tools are helping you work and play. We always are fascinated by your preferences and how your usage patterns change over time. This year, we have more categories than ever, so let's get right to the results. Here, ladies and gentlemen, Linux geeks of all kinds, are the winners of your 2010 Linux Journal Readers' Choice Awards.

Best Linux Distribution

Ubuntu

Honorable Mention/Runner Up: PCLinuxOS
Third Place: Debian
Fourth Place: Fedora
Fifth Place: Pardus

Times they are a changin' (just a bit) in the distribution department this year. Although Ubuntu in all its tasty flavors remains the Roger Federer-esque champion of Linux distros, the dynamics of this category have changed from the past two years. In 2008, Ubuntu was dubbed the “big distro that did” for “unexpectedly leaving its myriad 'rivals' as mere dots in the rear-view mirror”. Then in 2009, Ubuntu received the “Energizer Bunny Award” for increasing its popularity and becoming untouchable (for the time being). But what a difference a year can make (just ask Tiger Woods). Ubuntu remains in the commanding lead, but it slipped a considerable 13% from of your votes last year. Meanwhile, a feisty, upwardly mobile distro, PCLinuxOS, grew from the single digits to a full 15%, meriting a worthy honorable mention recognition.

Best Distribution for Netbooks/Limited Hardware

Ubuntu Netbook Remix

Honorable Mention/Runner Up: Google Android
Third Place: MeeGo
Fourth Place: Puppy
Fifth Place: PCLinuxOS LXDE

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Prepping for 2010 Readers' Choice Awards

Carlie Fairchild — Sun, 23 May 2010 23:54:43 +0000

by Carlie Fairchild

In preparation of our annual Readers' Choice Awards survey, we'd like to get your input on categories. Following is a list of all past categories. What is missing that you'd like to see added this year? Readers' Choice Awards are always a fun time for us to see what the readership is partial to that year, and a great opportunity for us to share with those newer to Linux what they should consider using.

Please leave comments below with your input. We will greatly value any feedback we get. Lets make the 2010 Readers' Choice the most useful, fun and best yet!

Past categories have included, "Select your Favorite..."

primary Linux distribution of choice
desktop environment
web browser
e-mail client
office program
audio tool
audio player
media player
communications tool
graphics/design tool
digital photo management tool
text editor
revision control system
database
monitoring application
programming language
scripting language
GUI remote access or network computing solution
IDE
platform for developing Rich Internet Apps
game
virtualization solution
backup system
backup utility
package management application
web server
Linux-friendly web hosting company
Linux-based gadget
laptop
desktop workstation
server
"green" Linux product or solution
book
Linux Journal column

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