results: debian-user's favourite FLOSS (2008)
Hi,
Following is the results of a poll that has been running for about 2
weeks, one which questions readers of debian-user to list their
favourite FLOSS -> Free (Libre) or Open Source Software.
There's the usual stars in the form of Firefox/Iceweasel and GIMP, as
well as aptitude, and great growth being OpenOffice.org's word
processor. Interestingly there wasn't as many votes for Acroread in
the non-free category, perhaps because FLOSS alternatives are really
gaining traction. There's also the usual category killers in the form
of Audacity, K3b, and MPlayer.
Listed below is entries which received at least 3 entries; for
anything else, please do search the archive. In brackets is the years
when specific entrants won (and this is since 2005). Here goes:
audio editor:
* Audacity x9 [2005 to 2007]
audio player:
* Amarok x9 [2005, 2007]
* MOC x3
cd-ripper:
* Sound Juicer x5 [2005, 2007]
desktop OR window manager:
* GNOME x9 [2005 to 2007]
* KDE x8 [2007]
* XFCE4 x6
DBMS:
* MySQL x5 [2005 to 2007]
development:
* Emacs x5
* GCC x4 [2007]
* Python x3
* Vim x3
disc burner:
* K3b x14 [2005 to 2007]
* wodim/cdrecord x6
* Brasero x4
e-mail client:
* Mutt x10 [2006, 2007]
* Thunderbird/Icedove x9 [2005]
* Claws Mail x3
file manager:
* Konqueror x8 [2007]
* MC x5 [2005, 2006]
* Nautilus x5
* Thunar x3
ftp client:
* Konqueror x5
* lftp x4
* filezilla x3
* ftp x3
games:
* Wesnoth x4
* Nethack x3
image creator/editor:
* GIMP x19 [2005 to 2007]
image viewer:
* eog x6
* gThumb x3 [2005, 2006]
instant messenger:
* Pidgin x5 [2005 to 2007]
* Kopete x4
misc utilities:
* screen x6 [2007]
* Git x5
* ssh (of OpenSSH) x3
p2p:
* ktorrent x4
* deluge x3
* rtorrent x3
package manager:
* Aptitude x16 [2005 to 2007]
* APT x9
* dpkg x3
* Synaptic x3
pdf/ps-reader:
* Evince x8
* Kpdf x7
* xpdf x6 [2006, 2007]
* Okular x3
spreadsheet:
* OOo-Calc x11 [2006, 2007]
* Gnumeric x8
terminal emulator:
* Konsole x7 [2007]
* urxvt x5
* GNOME Terminal x4 [2005, 2006]
text editor:
* Vim x12 [2006, 2007]
* Emacs x6
* gedit x4
* nano x5
* Kate x3
video player:
* Mplayer x15 [2005 to 2007]
* VLC x8
* Kaffeine x3
* xine x3
web browser:
* Firefox/Iceweasel x21 [2005 to 2007]
* Links2 x4
word-processor:
* OOo-writer x20 [2006, 2007]
* Abiword x6
* Latex x3
non-free:
* Skype x4
* Opera x3
anything unreleased and highly anticipated:
* Debian Lenny x4
anything FLOSS deserving great honours (EG. Linux, GCC):
* Linux x4
any organisation/community deserving great honours (EG. GNU, Debian):
* Debian x9
any FLOSS developer deserving great honours (max 5 at most, unless you insist):
* Richard Stallman x4
* Linus Torvalds x4
For comparison, look at last year's results:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2007/12/msg00144.html
Thanks for participating and sharing, for this may pretty well benefit others...
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