Which Linux distro is best? Survey says: Slackware

February 06, 2013

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. That'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. DistroWatch'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. Case in point? LinuxQuestion.org's annual Members Choice Awards, the results of which were just announced for 2012. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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