2017 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Award Categories
 

It's once again that time of year; the 2017 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Award are almost upon us. Here is the list of proposed categories for this year. Please remember, while we understand that some categories end up containing projects that might not be directly comparable, it's simply not feasible to have enough categories to be all encompassing. If you have suggestions on additions, subtractions or modifications, let us know. I'll be finalizing the list and posting the polls based on feedback from this thread.

For reference, this was the list from last year:

Proposed changes:

* Remove Mobile Distribution of the Year as Android has dominated the category recently. Possibly replace with Live or Security/Pen Test category.
* Raster Graphics Editor of the Year will be rotated out for Vector Graphics Editor of the Year
* Remove Linux/Open Source Magazine of the Year.
* Rotate out Package Manager of the Year and replace with a category containing Appimage, Flatpak, Snaps, etc.
* Rotate out Linux Server Vendor of the Year for either Desktop or Laptop.
* Rotate out Configuration Management Tool of the Year and replace with a Log Management category.

There are a couple other categories that are likely in need of a refresh or due to be rotated out. Thoughts?

--jeremy

Embedded distro over the year?
RPi distro of the year?
"Saved my Bacon" tool of the year? (I'd vote for either strace or valgrind on that one)

Apps for social media?
• corebird
• telegram desktop
• web.whatsapp.com
• ...

Some suggestions:

*Best live distro running (stress that the distro is actually running live not simply because it has that capability)
*Best lightweight distro (ie runs on 1 GB RAM or less)

USB creator otY (possibly multiboot/crossplatform; with best UEFI support):
LOTS of posts mention these (yes, many are M$Win apps, so not Linux)
@Jeremy: I strongly lobby for this, if feasible.

MAYBE?something?somehow? related to WannaCry&etc/minixME/WPA2KRACK/etc
Sorry I'm totally vague here; maybe something that addresses Newbie security questions
(I realize 2 polls include wireshark & SEL; my thot is more general/overview,
but maybe such a concept of general security is not a poll-able 'tool'/pgm.)

Personally, I agree with most of your proposed changes but, I'd say for the first proposal; a "Live" distro category would probably be better than a Security/PenTest category. Given that other than our old mate Kali Linux; what other "PenTest" options would there really be? (I don't personally know of a lot of other options, short of installing the tools you would find in Kali on another distro - Debian itself perhaps?)

I also think that the suggestions in post #3 are a good idea given the "social media" age that we are currently living and ranting in. (I don't use FB, Twitter, etc myself)

PS: Ditched Ubuntu have we Jeremy? I'm sorry but I could not help but notice your user agent icon - no Ubuntu logo. (I don't blame ya if ya did, BTW)

Just my $0.02

I plan to finalize this list tomorrow. As much feedback as possible before then is appreciated.

--jeremy

Here's the current proposed categories:

As you can see, the list has once again changed substantially so as much additional feedback as possible is appreciated.

--jeremy

It looks good as far as I can see Jeremy! It's got my vote. Good job.

+1 from me as well. Looking forward to seeing the results.

Here's the final list of categories. I'll get all nominees posted and allow plenty of time for feedback before the polls go live.

--jeremy