2016 Linux Choice Awards

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An article over at Linuxquestions.org posted the users choice awards for 2016. The poll is heavily weighted in favor of knowledgeable Linux geeks instead of general usage (Slackware #1 distro?) but you can see what the favored apps are in each category. Makes a good reference to use as a recommendation when looking for new software. It's a chance to see what knowledgeable users have installed.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...-org-members-choice-award-winners-4175599193/
 
Yep. This poll is weighted to real geeks on linux. Slackware was the first linux I ever loaded up. I ran a bbs thru it. :) But you put slackware in front of a normal user and its not a good fit.

I would vote for Linux Mint with mate desktop. Thats my preference. As for software:

1. Virtualbox
2. Firefox browser
3. Libreoffice
4. kdenlive
5. disks
6. qtox
7. skype (but Im getting ready to dump it for qtox).
8. Thunderbird email client
9. Private Internet Access
10. Teamviewer

coffee
 
Diggs said:
The poll is heavily weighted in favor of knowledgeable Linux geeks ...
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I'm not so sure. I think it's weighted towards people who read LinuxQuestions.org.

Slackware is one of the well-known distros without systemd, which explains one result, given that LQ has a very vocal anti-systemd contingent. Linux Mint came in second, with 131 votes to Slackware's 135. (Hardly a high turnout.)

Text editor choice vim? Yeah, right. I'd like to know how many voters know how to close vim, without Googling.
 
Computer Bloke said:
Probably all of them - it's right there on the splash screen.
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Ah, but you only get the slash screen if you explicitly start vi from a command line. When it opens with a file in the buffer, you're on your own.

Nano has been the out-of-the-box default editor in Debian-based distributions for a long time, so casual exposure to vi is not common nowadays. Nano is also installed in (all?) other modern Linux distros and MacOS. I have been 'vi bombed' occasionally by third-party software that is hard-coded to open a config file in vi.
Computer Bloke said:
And vi / vim would be my text editor of choice on Unix / Linux / macOS too ... after several decades in software development my fingers know how to drive it even if my brain doesn't.
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Nothing wrong with that and I understand your POV. But I'm not sure that you fit the demographic represented by LinuxQuestions.org (just a WAG, nothing to back it up).
 
I have a Dell system laptop / tablet hybrid running Win 10 (with touch screen naturally). Can anyone recommend a Linux setup for it?
 
Computer Bloke said:
You're probably right - my first Unix machine had 64KB of RAM with a 5MB hard drive and was used almost exclusively for running adv. If you tell that to the young people today, they won't believe you.
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Now, now, you don't have to go and show your age!

I can remember back when PC's (in general) were ONLY used in business AND had no sound! O~M~G, imagine that!
 
Altster said:
Now, now, you don't have to go and show your age!

I can remember back when PC's (in general) were ONLY used in business AND had no sound! O~M~G, imagine that!
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Sound? Pfft - I was happy to see (monochrome) graphics with a Hercules graphics card back then.
 
Actually took the challenge and went for Arch... obviously following guides and making sure to understand what I'm doing. Not that difficult and fun. Even because I've used Linux Mint before, together with Fedora, Ubuntu and Knoppix. I'm still in command line, so I'm not sure how well it will handle the touch screen (though most probably the touch screen is kind of useless in Arch).

NJW said:
Try a few for yourself – any of the Linux Mint builds would be a good starting point. I have no idea how well that hardware is supported, but the license cost is low enough to test several alternatives ...
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