Desktop Linux Showdown

linux.com: ” Last week I gave a presentation at LinuxCon in sunny Boston entitled Desktop Linux Distribution Showdown. The premise was to compare the three most popular desktop distributions to find out which is most user-friendly. It wasn’t easy, and the results might (or might not) surprise you.

The concept of “user-friendliness” is highly subjective. In fact, given the nature of free distributions, just figuring out which ones qualify for the top three is as much a matter of opinion as forensic guesswork. After making an educated guess and then checking on distrowatch.com, downloading numbers quoted by individual distros, and figuring some Tennessee windage, I determined that the top three distros in 2010 are, in popularity order: Ubuntu, Fedora, and openSUSE.

Once I determined the contenders, the showdown was on. I picked seven activities to test, and rated each distribution on each of the seven activities, using a non-weighted scale that measured three qualities: time to completion, ease of use, and aesthetics. Thus, each distro could score up to 30 points for each activity, or 210 points total.

Don’t make the mistake that this was anything resembling a scientific survey. I am not a scientist or a professional reviewer, nor do I make regular contributions to desktop Linux. However, I am definitely an informed, non-partisan user who uses desktop Linux daily, so perhaps I am a good choice to judge this particular showdown after all.”

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