Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Best reader's free tools choice 2008
Linux Journal published 2 months ago the Readers' Choice Awards take the current pulse of the Linux Community year.
Those tools are the tools that you use every day in your work or when you play.
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Favorite Primary Linux Distribution of Choice
Ubuntu (37.4%)
Honorable Mentions
Mandriva (13.9%)
Fedora (11.1%)
Favorite Desktop Environment
GNOME (45.7%)
Honorable Mention
KDE (42.5%)
Favorite Web Browser
Firefox (86%)
Favorite E-mail Client
Mozilla Thunderbird (44.9%)
Honorable Mentions
Gmail Web Client (19.7%)
Evolution (13.4%)
KMail (10.1%)
Favorite Office Program
OpenOffice.org (85.1%)
AbiOffice(3%)
KOffice(3%)
Favorite Audio Tool
Amarok (40.5%)
Honorable Mentions
XMMS (18.1%)
Audacity (12.3%)
Rhythmbox (11.9%)
Favorite Media Player
MPlayer (34.6%)
Honorable Mention
VLC (27.4%)
Favorite Communications Tool
Pidgin (42%)
Honorable Mentions
Skype (17.8%)
Kopete (12.8%)
The GIMP (76.4%)
Favorite Digital Photo Management Tool
digiKam (24.9%)
Honorable Mention
Picasa (24.5%)
Favorite Text Editor
vi (35.3%)
Honorable Mention
gedit (15%)
Favorite Linux Game
Frozen Bubble (19.2%)
Honorable Mentions
Doom (12.3%)
Tux Racer (11.7%)
Favorite Virtualization Solution
VMware (38.7%)
Honorable Mention
VirtualBox (20.4%)
Favorite Backup System
Simple Linux Backup (25.5%)
Honorable Mentions
Amanda (16.1%)
Bacula (16.1%)
Favorite Backup Utility
tar (35.4%)
Honorable Mentions
rsync (22.4%)
k3b (15.1%)
Favorite Database
MySQL (62.7%)
Favorite Programming Language
C (26%)
Honorable Mentions
C++ (25.7%)
Java (22.9%)
Programming Languages and Scripting Languages
Favorite Scripting Language
Python (28.9%)
Honorable Mentions
PHP (21.7%)
bash (19.8%)
Perl (17%)
Favorite Language Construction Tool
Flex (18.1%)
Honorable Mentions
Bison (14.7%)
javacc (12.8%)
Favorite Security Tool
SSH (29.5%)
Honorable Mention
iptables (19.4%)
Favorite Linux Software Development Tool
Eclipse (29%)
Favorite Package Management Application
Apt (35.3%)
Honorable Mentions
RPM (16.5%)
Yum (14.9%)
Synaptic (11.6%)
Favorite System Administration Tool
OpenSSH (52.7%)
Favorite Content Management System
WordPress (23.8%)
Honorable Mentions
Drupal (21.4%)
Joomla! (18.9%)
Favorite Web Server
Apache (90.9%)
Favorite Linux-Friendly Web Hosting Company
GoDaddy.com (14.7%)
Honorable Mentions
1&1 (9.8%)
DreamHost (9.4%)
Rackspace (7.5%)
Favorite Network or Server Appliance
Avocent Cyclades ACS Console Server (15.7%)
Honorable Mention
Guardian Digital Linux Lockbox (12.7%)
Favorite Linux Handheld Device
Nokia N800 (43.9%)
Honorable Mention
OpenMoko Neo (23.7%)
Favorite Linux Laptop
ASUS Eee PC (34.7%)
Honorable Mention
Lenovo T61p (20%)
Who Makes Your Favorite Linux Desktop Workstation?
Dell (30%)
Honorable Mention
Hewlett-Packard (12%)
Who Makes Your Favorite Linux Server?
Dell (21%)
Honorable Mention
IBM (14%)
Hewlett-Packard (12%)
VMware (42.6%)
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Here you could find more infos and details about the criteria adopted to evaluate them.
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