Distribution of the Year
 

And the best Distro is....

I know there will be many arguments here, but what about Knoppix? It isn't really a traditional distribution, but I think it has done more for public awareness of Linux, and for increasing the awareness/use of Debian than any of the traditional distributions. It is also current #3 on the distrowatch.com hit rankings.

Personal favourite is Mandrake 9.1 - a nice middle ground..
SUSE 9 is clearly the most polished - a good example.
Vector 3.2/4 is just plain "fast".
Slack 9.1 with KDE - what a combination....... nice!

Thanks again to all the developers...

Slackware! w00t! and root linux is pretty cool.

Had to vote for Debian. I just installed Fedora so its to early to tell for me if it would have been a contender. I can't even get Arch to install with ethernet support yet so Debian is my pick. :cool:

2 things:
1. There's no Gentoo?
2. Slackware is awesome, keep voting for it, everyone ^_^

Slackware! 9.1 is the best version so far and it keeps getting better.

I run Mandrake 9.1 on a custom built box at home and Fedora on my Dell C640. I gave the nod to Fedora because everything worked on the Dell C640 right from the start. Power management works flawlessly, 3D graphics work great, and no garbled screen when the machine is brought out of sleep. Also, yum works great. If yum works on an upgrade from Core 1 to Core 2, as I've read it should, I'll never look at another distro again.

Slackware is in the lead with a 2:1 margin over the second place distro (Mandrake) at this time with 18 votes for slack and 9 for mandrake.

I like Mandrake. I recommend it as a good workstation distro for n00bs at their homes. But alas, I build servers and nowadays have returned to my SLS roots and typically build only Slackware or Open/Free/NetBSD boxes.

hm..... Am I the only person on this planet left that still spells LiGNUx, LiGNUx? ;)

I see Gentoo made it into the polls too, but it's just not quite ready for primetime in the datacenter yet IMNSHO :)

SuSE 9 is the most polished linux - pity about it's restrictive licensing :(

Xandros... Xandros... Xandros....

Libranet for me. Easy updates, Easy install, I'm just a user couldnt edit a text file without learning how and I havent had to learn.

Libranet/Dabian

Well; I have used only one Linux distro (well; not counting Knoppix); wich is RedHat Linux v.9.

It is my first Linux to use ever. And I'm very impressed with it.

Anyone have any suggestions on wich other Linux distros I should try? (and they need to be as easy to install as RedHat 9)

-Jonathon

Write in vote for JAMD.

trinity

Slackware all the way! :)

I like Knoppix too. It was responsible for getting me interested in Linux in the first place,

After years of Windows use, I saw somewhere on the Net, that you could buy a CD, not touch your hard-dsik and have Linux up and running from the CD only! I thought coming from Windows WOW! So I tried it. Sure enough 5 minutes after popping CD in, I was checking email and surfing!

That did it for me! Knoppix is responsible for me getting into Linux. Now I love it.

At the moment I am using SuSE 8.2, but if their licensing is going to get more restrictive then I will get the latest Knoppix and use it to install Debian.

I have tried no other distributions, just Knoppix, Debian (a little) and SuSE.

There can be only one - Slackware!

I never knew the Slackware community was so big..

go Gentoo..

I just put the link in an IRC channel I regularly visit and there are quite a couple of Debian fans in there. On reply was: Since when did Masochism become a point of view? *fg :D

I starting my linux campaign with Suse 8.2 and would recommend it to anyone starting out. Installation was a breeze, but after tinkering with it for a few months and getting nowhere with the rpms i choose to go for broke and try something a little more daring.(Debian was its name and apt was its game). Ever since i have found it superb so i voted for it. Mainly because of apt and it's general phillosophy of keeping in with the spirit of Free software. What a radical eh!!!:study:

I started out using redhat just cos I had the cds, BUT switched to gentoo when 1.4 came out and havent looked back.

ITS SOOOO FAST, but took 4 days to set up!

I voted RH, but now I swithed to Fedora .... I don't know yet.

I thought Knoppix was the most inovative distro !

Rolf

I prefered SUSE :)

no mention of ppc linux distros like yellowdog... oh well, it's redhat based

Since I've installed Suse 9.0 in my system Microsoft became a fadding memory...! ;)

Try Xandros, especially their new v2.0 Desktop. If you like RedHat 9, you'll LOVE Xandros. Easiest Distro I have every had to setup and installl bar NONE.

The new v2.0 will have a d/lable trial edition, so you can litterally try it before you buy it.

redhat for me, although i may try gentoo if i get a new hdd and do a fresh install

libranet for ease of installation. slackware for everything else. :D

Mine's not up there either. Write in vote for lfs.

the best are/is
 

Mandrake 9.2 and the upcoming PCLinuxOS from texstar!

LFS has been added.

--jeremy

Redhat is what i use till today

I've tried quite a few but Debian has been the only one I've been happy to stay with. Started on Redhat, went too Suse but had problems with it ( probably my fault though ), and had Gentoo for a while. Redhat lasted the longest of the others, but once you've had apt from a distro that was designed for it theirs really no going back.

I think that Mandrake is great as a home desktop distro. It's easy, relatively powerful and has all the bells and whistles customary to home desktop operation systems.

Yay for Slackware!
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Slack all the way :)

I would have to say Debian Sid, because it is setup just the way i want from a distro. Slackware 9.x is a big second.

I'm for Mandrake, but I didn't know there were so many slackers around here.

SuSE 9.0
 

SusE 9.0 all the way! Slackware is for slackers ;)

I've tried Slackware (not sure which version), Knoppix 3.2, Redhat 9, and Mandrake 9.1, and my vote goes to Mandrake no questions, just due to it picking up virtually everything hardware wise, and having a lot of the programs I coulden't get to run on RH installed right away. A very nice and easy to work with distro. My vote goes to Mandrake.

Slackware! ;)

The BEST!
 

GENTOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Slackware all the way...

gentoo *ra ra ra*

have tried dead-rat linux from 6-9.0-from fedora i am off it.
proben mandrake and suse ,turbolinux and -at last -when know things better moved to>Slackware
and must say :"slack owns ,it gives me exactly what i want, in way i want and when i want".
if other distros makers will make all explanations as clear and short as they are in slack ,m$windooz is gone.
So i just go slacking.Clear things are good ones.

Although I would normally say Debian, I have to acknowledge the tremendous work the Libranet team has done and it shows in their distro.

Wow, there is ONE vote for Vector!

I like Slackware, everything works because there is nothing to mess up!

Few distros can make windows under KDE open before you've clicked the mouse - Vector can - its a fast Slackware based distro....... a nice addition...