Linux Desktop Distro Shootout

An anonymous reader writes "InfoWeek has posted an open-source OS comparison. Linux Shootout: 7 Desktop Distros Compared pits openSUSE, Ubuntu 8.4, PCLinuxOS, Mandriva Linux One, Fedora, SimplyMEPIS, and CentOS 5.1 against each other. And the winner is ... Ubuntu. Author Serdar Yegulalp writes: 'Ubuntu 8.4 remains one of the best desktop distributions for many good reasons: it works with almost any hardware you throw at it, and has tons of features for both existing Linux users and prospective converts from Windows.' He also gave openSUSE points for ease of use on the desktop, and Mandriva kudos for ease of administration."

Comments

Better methods of statistical comparison.

[Thanshin]

1 - Make a live disk of each.
2 - Build many identical robots.
3 - The round starts upon insertion of the disk.

Last standing robot wins.

THUNDERDOME!!!

Hey!!!

[morgan_greywolf]

No fair! Who gave OpenSUSE that AK47?!

Re:Recent Linux convert from Windows

[initdeep]

can you be a recent convert to formatting now? :D

Re:"Almost any hardware you throw at it"

[Waffle Iron]

In keeping with industry practices, maybe they should have rephrased the claim to say: Almost any random hardware is "Ubuntu Capable".

Re:Fedora

[pavon]

Fedora 9 comes out 8 days <3 Fixed that for you.

Ubuntu 8.4?

[X.25]

I'd like to order 1 copy of Ubuntu 8.4.

Thank you.

Re:Ubuntu 8.4?

[Culture20]

No problem, it will be shipped in the 40th month of 2008.

And the winner is...

[Brandybuck]

And the winner is... the distro most like Windows!

Re:8.4?

[jonas_jonas]

Wouldn't it be fairer to compare openSUSE 8, Ubuntu 8, PCLinuxOS 8, Mandriva Linux 8, Fedora 8, SimplyMEPIS 8, CentOS 8, Mac OS 8 and Windows 8?
*cough*

Re:8.4?

[Stormwatch]

And Mac OS 8 would STILL have the best interface.