desktoplinux.com — The results of DesktopLinux.com's 2006 Desktop Linux Market survey are in, and the votes are all tallied. This first article of a series offers a perspective on how the various desktop Linux distributions fared, and why.
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tech42erAug 30, 2006
Big surprise: Ubuntu! I use it and I'm happy with it. However, there are other distros that I really like (Freespire, Mepis, and Debian).
chakkaradeepAug 30, 2006
A nice survey, For the Community, By the Community !
Closed AccountAug 31, 2006
Well, I really like the philosophy behind Arch, which I think is a great distro. But I'm also happy with OpenSUSE's amazing progress (and its SUPER derative). All in all good news, just use whatever distro you feel is best for you. :-)
Closed AccountAug 31, 2006
Of course there is no doubt. Ubuntu is for Linux n00bs and there are a lot more Linux n00bs than Linux experts.
guaigeanAug 31, 2006
Yes, with probably no realistic numbers. The only people that fill out these kind of surveys tend to be a focused group of advanced or niche users. This neglects the majority of users, which often don't use the same distro as niche users. This would be better titled "Users who actually care or know which distro they use choose Ubuntu" Survey != Fact. Think of the number of users in corporate environments that don't actually care to fill out a survey on this. This survey has little bearing on the actual numbers of computers using a given distro.
blapierreAug 31, 2006
A survey with a self-selected sample, wheeeeeee!!!In other words this survey means absolutely nothing about which is the most popular Linux desktop.
hasbeenAug 31, 2006
deja vu?
rubengsAug 31, 2006
Why some people want to filter out Ubuntu?, maybe the word, the philosophy or the community is offensive for some people (would be interesting to know why, maybe is offensive for their values?), when an article mentions Linux is almost impossible to avoid Ubuntu references because is now the most used distro.
mv36Sep 16, 2006
It has the RPM hell.Emerge and apt-get are the way forward.