10 Linux distros to watch in 2014

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Post by MisterLunduke » Tue, Dec 10, 2013, 12:44 PM UTC

10 Linux distros to watch in 2014
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Re: 10 Linux distros to watch in 2014

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Post by timmillwood » Tue, Dec 10, 2013, 1:13 PM UTC

Use elementary OS everyday, and love it.

Re: 10 Linux distros to watch in 2014

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Post by stewbrew » Tue, Dec 10, 2013, 1:22 PM UTC

Names of some distros. Short descriptions. Some image. No orginal content. Some remarks but no reasoning about why a distro was included in the list. Little surplus value in comparison to the top 10 distros of http://distrowatch.com.

Re: 10 Linux distros to watch in 2014

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Post by TallGuyShort » Tue, Dec 10, 2013, 1:29 PM UTC

Of course for anyone working server-side, Ubuntu 14.04 (the next LTS) and RHEL 7 are going to be the biggest deal of all, I think. I don't see the value in much of this commentary, but I agree the some of the "X server wars" may influence popularity. I switched to openSuSE recently for very related reasons and was happy with the choice - so that prediction may have stock...

Re: 10 Linux distros to watch in 2014

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Post by nimbs » Tue, Dec 10, 2013, 1:38 PM UTC

The list:

elementary OS

Ubuntu Touch

openSUSE

ChromeOS

Lubuntu

Mer + Plasma Active

Mint

Arch

SteamOS

Roll Your Own - At this point, the tools for building your own Linux distribution are mature and easy.

Re: 10 Linux distros to watch in 2014

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Post by username42 » Tue, Dec 10, 2013, 1:41 PM UTC

I think 2014 is the year for fedora. It is the best solution I see to avoid the insane unity and to have a reliable, modern mainstream distribution.

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Post by snird » Tue, Dec 10, 2013, 1:42 PM UTC

I think what will cause most damage to the ubuntu popularity is the new Unity integration with advertisers, I for one, start using Mint instead, getting the ubuntu environment I'm used to without all the bullshit.

Re: 10 Linux distros to watch in 2014

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Post by AlexanderDhoore » Tue, Dec 10, 2013, 1:53 PM UTC

I used to follow linux distros very closely. I tried out new releases all the time, and spent hours (days, weeks) tweaking desktop environments.

Now I just use Ubuntu with Unity and Get Stuff Done. I look forward to Ubuntu 14.04. It better be rock solid.

Re: 10 Linux distros to watch in 2014

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Post by tenfingers » Tue, Dec 10, 2013, 1:54 PM UTC

nimbs wrote: post #5

The list: elementary OS Ubuntu Touch openSUSE ChromeOS Lubuntu Mer + Plasma Active Mint Arch SteamOS Roll Your Own - At this point, the tools for building your own Linux distribution are mature and easy.

And by "roll your own" they actually mean "customize distribution X by choosing the list of packages you want".

Re: 10 Linux distros to watch in 2014

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Post by tenfingers » Tue, Dec 10, 2013, 2:01 PM UTC

stewbrew wrote: post #3

Names of some distros. Short descriptions. Some image. No orginal content. Some remarks but no reasoning about why a distro was included in the list. Little surplus value in comparison to the top 10 distros of http://distrowatch.com .

The best distributions are the distributions which have a large developer base, good tools (bug trackers, QA, etc), are desktop agnostic, and have been alive for several years.

The list much has been pretty much the same for more than a decade now: openSuse, fedora, debian, arch, gentoo.

Everything else is derivative, where the "added value" is often a default theme and a list of default applications.