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View Poll Results: Which Linux distribution do you use most?
RPM-based (Redhat, Fedora, Mandriva, SuSE, etc.)		31	28.97%
DEB-based (Ubuntu, Debian, Xandros, Mepis, etc.)		58	54.21%
Source-based (Slackware, Gentoo, LFS, etc.)		11	10.28%
Other (Please explain)		7	6.54%
Voters: 107. You may not vote on this poll

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12-28-2008	#1 (permalink)
devils casper Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chandigarh, India Posts: 21,081	Which Distro? 2009 This poll will last until December 28, 2009. The previous poll can be found here: 2008 __________________ It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing. - Gertrude Stein New Users: Read This First Last edited by devils casper; 12-28-2008 at 09:25 AM..

12-28-2008	#2 (permalink)
jayd512 Linux Guru Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Louisville, Kentucky Posts: 1,595	Last year was Fedora... This time it's CRUX! __________________ Jay Forum Rules Registered Linux User #463940 Not every story has an ending... but they all have more chapters.

12-28-2008	#3 (permalink)
ozar Super Moderator Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 12,057	Still running Arch and have found no reason to change. __________________ oz New Members: * README *

12-28-2008	#4 (permalink)
gruven Linux User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Arkansas Posts: 439	Oddly enough, I have been trying to switch over to Fedora from Gentoo, so I voted for Fedora. Nice Distro. __________________ Linux User #376741 Preferred Linux Distro: Funtoo Screenshots Remember, Ubuntu is A Linux distribution, not THE Linux distribution. There is no need to login to the GUI as root!

12-28-2008	#5 (permalink)
devils casper Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chandigarh, India Posts: 21,081	Ubuntu only. I will try Arch or Crux again pretty soon. __________________ It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing. - Gertrude Stein New Users: Read This First

12-28-2008	#6 (permalink)
mhanan Just Joined! Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: San Diego CA Posts: 60	Last year it was Mandriva This year it's SUSE previous to that it was pink tie Never had any success w/ Ubuntu client (although server is nice, being the CLI geek that I am).

12-28-2008	#7 (permalink)
rokytnji Linux Guru Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Pecos, Texas Posts: 1,504	Sticking with Ubuntu Hardy. Trying to boot ZevenOS Later(live cd mode) __________________ Free Linux Books Linux Registered User # 475019 And I’ll keep using Linux until they pry it from my cold dead fingers.

12-28-2008	#8 (permalink)
Artesia Just Joined! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Southern California Posts: 83	Ubuntu, but I will be experimenting a lot with other distros this year.

12-28-2008	#9 (permalink)
SkittleLinux18 Linux User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 262	(K)Ubuntu. I have both on different partitions. Distros I plan to experiment with this year are Arch, Sabayon, LFS. Maybe Gentoo some more, we'll see. __________________ Using Linux since June 2007 Distros: (k)ubuntu 8.04 KDE 3 Edition SPECS: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+, 2 GB DDR2, GeForce 6100 When your whole life is on one computer, servers and all, choose stability over anything else.

12-28-2008	#10 (permalink)
L4Linux Content Team Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Greece Posts: 579	Mainly Ubuntu, but I 've started using Fedora as well. __________________ folding@home HELP RESEARCH AGAINST CANCER. It is very easy and won't cost you anything.

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