Top ten Linux distros

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Top ten Linux distros

Want to get into Linux? MyBroadband takes a look at the ten most popular Linux versions

 

[f035]

I don't get the whole Ubuntu hype.... it's the beginners Linux. And that surely doesn't make it the number one in my book.

 

[Valis]

I don't get the whole Ubuntu hype.... it's the beginners Linux. And that surely doesn't make it the number one in my book.

Well, as a beginner in using Linux I am very glad to have Ubuntu to get familiar with before I venture into more technical distros.

 

[joeymojo]

I don't get the whole Ubuntu hype.... it's the beginners Linux. And that surely doesn't make it the number one in my book.

i don't either

 

[stricken]

I don't get the whole Ubuntu hype.... it's the beginners Linux. And that surely doesn't make it the number one in my book.

lol... Ubuntu is not the beginners linux. Although its good for beginners, its Debian roots makes it more than capable of running 100+ node database clusters like we do here at Company C. I cant remember the last time I used its desktop though, but under the hood (shell)... it pwns. For example booting up /managing Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud images. Thats some of the most advanced and customizable cloud infrastructure you can deploy.

 

[MrBuddha]

I don't get the whole Ubuntu hype.... it's the beginners Linux. And that surely doesn't make it the number one in my book.

From the article:

Ubuntu is easy to install and designed to be relatively easy for first time Linux users.

So in my opinion, the majority of people who use Linux for the first time these days used Ubuntu, and stick with it. Also, many people don't really care that you can fiddle with the OS and other operations, they just want something (non-windows) to work out of the box.

Just out of interest, what is your number one distribution? Mine would be Gentoo - but I am biased.

 

[MFour]

Ooh this is gonna be one of those freds where all the Chuck Norisses of the Linux world will come out to play and give each other round-house-kicks in the back of the head to prove their uberness.

Come now people, everyone has to start somewhere and Ubuntu is as good a distro as any (maybe better than most). Just because it is user friendly does not make it less powerful, just more popular.

 

[10i]

Puppy Linux is not 50 MB, that is Damn Small Linux.

Puppy is just over a 100 MB download.

 

[BigAl-sa]

I don't get the whole Ubuntu hype.... it's the beginners Linux. [n]And that surely doesn't make it the number one in my book[/b].

erm, doesn't #1 mean that more people use it (or rather have installed it)?

 

[Grim147]

linux is linux a distro isnt linux.. a distro is a pre setup userspace and a fancy package manager that uses the linux kernel
*being hard to install doesnt make a distro good*

 

[MartyMarts]

I'm a linux noob and have tried 2 different releases of Ubuntu, Mint & openSUSE.
So far, I'd say openSUSE in KDE guise is my #1

 

[Diesal]

I can't get myself to keep using Ubuntu, on my desktop I just can't. I prefer Windows on my Desktop and Ubuntu on my Laptop

 

[BlaQ_PhoeniX]

I don't get the whole Ubuntu hype.... it's the beginners Linux. And that surely doesn't make it the number one in my book.

Saying with any certainty which are the ten most popular Linux releases is not completely straight forward - there are too many variables - but a site such as Distrowatch maintains a list of the Linux distributions being talked about the most on the site. Using this we can build a relatively good list of popularity:

The list is according to popularity... not preference, usability, features, etc.

 

[SlickNick]

If it wasn't for Ubuntu, I wouldn't be running Linux at all. It was user friendly and did what I wanted it to do. It just worked, which is the point of having a Desktop OS for just about all PC users. They don't want to fiddle, they want to load it, and then forget about the rest. I don't know why people don't seem to get this point.

Windows you load, install your preferred apps, and then just use until it falls over. The aim of Ubuntu is to provide people with a desktop experience that just works and works and works forever with their preferred apps.

So now, I use a different flavour of Ubuntu, and that's Mint. It works out of the box, no configuration needed, and has all the apps that I use on a daily basis. The only thing I configure is how it looks, and what runs at startup. So I am 100% happy.

So everyone put your ego's back in your pants please, we all know how l33t you are =D

 

[w1z4rd]

All the Ubuntu haters are lame. If you dont like it shame. Cry more, but Ubuntu has done more for Linux in the last 5 years than any other distribution. Its made more inroads into more homes than any other distribution. Everyone hates a winner

 

[schumi]

The only thing holding me back from Linux is the partitioning for a dual boot, really scared I will screw up and lose my windows data, It looks complicated.

 

[hirosa]

I would recommend Linux Mint to anyone, after trying a couple of OS's I find Mint to be the most user friendly and the fact that everything "Just Works" makes it my OS of choice

 

[milomak]

All the Ubuntu haters are lame. If you dont like it shame. Cry more, but Ubuntu has done more for Linux in the last 5 years than any other distribution. Its made more inroads into more homes than any other distribution. Everyone hates a winner

as i said in the other other thread, one cannot underestimate the the efforts that canonical has put into marketing linux to the home desktop user. the one thing that i have seen mentioned in the forum (and i am not saying it was you in particular) as a result of the numbers that ubuntu brings is how if ubuntu didn't exist, then linux would be dead. so when i came upon the following article i think it puts some perspective about what linux is about

http://blogs.computerworld.com/14576/who_writes_linux_big_business

at the same time it is not to say that ubuntu hasn't helped improve things that already exist

if one has time, a read up of this shuttleworth post is worthwhile - http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/517

 

[j@w]

Ubuntu is a noob linux, and I dont see how that and Fedora can be in the top5 since it has so many cycles.

CentOS & ClearOS > all
Stable, Enterprise and long term support.

How about a roundup about BSD OSes?

 

[Bismuth]

Ubuntu is a noob linux, and I dont see how that and Fedora can be in the top5 since it has so many cycles.

CentOS & ClearOS > all
Stable, Enterprise and long term support.

How about a roundup about BSD OSes?

My first exposure to Unix was FreeBSD, when I eventually got a GUI running, was so used to the command line just left it. My previous employer had CentOS running their servers, never had an issue, unlike some of the MS-managed servers.

Will look at CentOS again, to try to wean my current employer off of their Windows servers.

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