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All-in-One Source for Linux Distro Reviews

Posted by timothy on from the so-many-to-choose-from dept.

An anonymous reader writes "If you enjoy reading Linux distribution reviews, head over to DistroReviews.com - a new one-stop Linux distribution review site. DistroReviews.com is a collection of the latest Linux distro reviews from around the web. Original reviews can also be submitted."

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  1. Are user submitted reviews a good thing? by Vaystrem · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Yes I want to be informed regarding new or previously unknown distributions but is simply letting anyone submit their own review really the
    solution to the problem?

    Personally I want to see: professional, balanced, comparitive reviews between multiple distributions OR indepth reviews of the major and minor distributions. That rarely seems to be the case with user submitted reviews.

    To be fair most websites focused upon reviews grapple with this kind of challenge, and in fact with anyone who does reviews of any kind.

    I was briefly affiliated with a poor quality hardware review site where I ended up editing a lot of the articles. I started to discuss the need for quality indepth reviews, rather than rushed brief articles that all seemed to receive 9/10 or 10/10. The primary reviewer bluntly informed me that we need to get the reviews out the gate rather than take the time to do a good job, nor can we risk offending the manufacturers supplying us with products.

    I do not believe it is possible to be unbiased, but an attempt at balance & depth would go a very long way and this website does not seem to provide it with the content currently on their site. It is currently an excercise in subjectivity, although I suppose my opinion is subjective too.

    Please don't misunderstand me. There is a place for user reviews, but I wish there were more places for indepth and balanced reviews.