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View Poll Results: Which distribution of Linux do you use most?
RPM-based (Redhat, Fedora, Mandriva, SuSE, etc.) 31 30.10%
DEB-based (Ubuntu, Debian, Xandros, Mepis, etc.) 54 52.43%
Source-based (Slackware, Gentoo, LFS, etc.) 14 13.59%
Other (Please explain) 4 3.88%
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Which Distro? 2008

This poll will last until December 28, 2008.

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I voted for Other. I use Arch and technically, it's not a source-based distro.

Moe - do you know that link directs you to the second page of last year's thread?
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I voted for Other. I use Arch and technically, it's not a source-based distro.
Always have to be the troublemaker, don't you?

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Debian Lenny ( testing ).

I have tried almost all distros except LFS. Debian is perfect for me. I am testing new versions and distros regularly though.
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Debian Testing, most of the time....

I also use Slackware every once in a while and like it just as much as Debian.
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I use debian and nothing else, i got hooked on the deb system and can't use anything else. I live in the edge, using Sid aka unstable .
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Debian Lenny. It's has the latest stable software almost all the time and suits me perfectly. I used to use Ubuntu (like most people when they start using Linux) which is a great distro, but still I like Debian better.
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I voted other, and thus I can shamelessly advertise

I've been away from Slackware for quite some time now. Away from Slack?? Well, not entirely, I run Vector Linux 5.8 SOHO on my main machine, and Vector 5.9 Std brought live back to my old box.

Vector _is_ Slack, but in the best possible configuration (if such a thing exists) for desktop use. So you have a complete working Slack desktop system including all your multi media and office applications in one run of the installer (<20 minutes).

And of course you finetune this to your needs as you'd do with any system, but the bulk of the work has been done.
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I was just installing suse and i pressed the wrong button so here we go again.

Should have suse soon
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I use Sabayon on my laptop, and Sourcemage on an old Desktop.
I much prefer source-based distros.
Although I do like Arch, which is a binary distro, but not rpm or deb based.
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