Best Linux Distro of 2011 Article

What is the best Linux Distro of 2011? Well Im sure we could all come up with many different answers.

TuxRadar have done various tests and written an article on what they conclude to be the best Disto of 2011
http://www.tuxradar.com/content/best-distro-2011

Result:
1. Debian
2. Ubuntu
3. Fedora

In this video I also explain how I score the Distros that I have tested.

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[dynetrax]

There's no way Debian beats Arch in customization. Obviously the person who wrote the article isnt comfortable in the CLI, they didnt even include Gentoo, and as for the Mint menu, come on dude this is linux we're talking about here. You can have any type of menu you want if you install it.

[quidsup]

@dynetrax Yeah good point it should be Arch beating Debian for customisation. Hmm they should rename it to "best Simplistic GUI Linux Distro of 2011"

Appreciate what you're saying about Mint, but I would end up making look like Ubuntu. So I might aswell stay with Ubuntu.

[jerrytaichi]

Isn't Debian (testing) a rolling distribution? So the concept of version number is relatively meaningless. I use Parsix at the moment which uses Debian stable, it's faster than Ubuntu but more cautious, suits me. Used to use Ubuntu, then Mint, but too buggy for me.

[quidsup]

@jerrytaichi Debian Sid is the unstable rolling release. The stable version is v6. I was thinking aloud when I said its a low number of releases considering the time Debian has been around

[experimental0000]

what's wrong with mintmenu? I added it to my ubuntu, I use it sometimes, mainly because of how often I vary up the customization of my system

[quidsup]

@experimental0000 It reminds me too much of windows so I don't really like it

[TheMsdos25]

ubuntu 10.04 is great but the ui changes in later changes drove me away. now i use linux mint 11

[BigBobsh2o]

After messing with Fedora 15, 16, Ubuntu 10.10 - 11.10, OpenSuse 11.(something), and Mint 10 -12. I personally think that Mint 12 is the winner. I say this because they handled to desktop environment change the best of them all. They took a very practical approach to how Gnome has changed along with including MATE which is basically the old version of Gnome (for those still attached to it).

Plus it still includes all the non-free software you need (audio-video codecs, Sun Java, etc)

[maw88ify]

@mysteryloser24 Open does not mean free as in price.

[mysteryloser24]

@maw88ify Of course the don't support paid software, it's supposed to be open source. That's kind of the whole point of Linux... :s

[mysteryloser24]

I started with Ubuntu(By the way, it's pronounced "ooboontoo") 8.04, and I was dual-booting with Vista(Just don't... xD). I liked it, but alongside Vista it seemed really, really slow, so I got rid of it and stuck with Vista. When I finally got my new netbook with Windows 7, I installed Ubuntu 11.04 on my PC. Before deciding on Ubuntu, I tried Linux Mint 11 on a USB install, and it was abysmal... Linux Mint, in my opinion, is a buggy flavor of Linux for newbie's who can't let go of Windows... :)

[jordanlang2]

Zorin os i LOVE. Also, for a fast os, I LOVE Watt os!

[northwestbrett]

i love the linux mint menu! very easy to access everything with it.

[TheGeo913]

I'm using Debian Testing which is pretty stable right now. Sure Debian has older packages but Debian has always been about stability and that's why SO many distros are based on it. Including Ubuntu. Debian also makes a great server operating system. I really love Debian :)

[dynetrax]

@MiddleHander meh, over it

[MiddleHander]

@dynetrax The writer's target is the newbie. He/She wants the people who don't use linux to get interested in it. And not to think we are nerdy.