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Registered: Jun 2000 Distribution: Debian, Red Hat, Slackware, Fedora, Ubuntu Posts: 13,254

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2012 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Award Winners





Desktop Distribution of the Year - Slackware (20.59%)

Server Distribution of the Year - Debian (28.74%)

Mobile Distribution of the Year - Android (66.86%)

Database of the Year - MySQL (40.00%)

NoSQL Database of the Year - MongoDB (38.96%)

Office Suite of the Year - LibreOffice (85.14%)

Browser of the Year - Firefox (52.76%)

Desktop Environment of the Year - KDE (31.31%)

Window Manager of the Year - Openbox (17.53%)

Messaging Application of the Year - Pidgin (52.06%)

VoIP Application of the Year - Skype (51.82%)

Virtualization Product of the Year - VirtualBox (53.79%)

Audio Media Player Application of the Year - amaroK (15.68%)

Video Media Player Application of the Year - VLC (64.99%)

Graphics Application of the Year - GIMP (69.85%)

Network Security Application of the Year - Wireshark (25.79%)

Host Security Application of the Year - SELinux (34.07%)

Network Monitoring Application of the Year - Nagios (55.29%)

IDE/Web Development Editor of the Year - Eclipse (23.62%)

Text Editor of the Year - vim (34.35%)

File Manager of the Year - Dolphin (23.77%)

Open Source Game of the Year - Battle for Wesnoth (11.72%)

Programming Language of the Year - Python (28.03%)

Revision Control System of the Year - git (61.35%)

Backup Application of the Year - rsync (42.82%)

Open Source CMS/Blogging platform - WordPress (56.63%)

Configuration Management Tool of the Year - Puppet (61.70%)

Open Source Web Framework of the Year - Django (34.31%)

Web Server of the Year (NEW) - Apache httpd (74.04%)

X Terminal Emulator of the Year (NEW) - Konsole (22.68%)

Open Source Hardware Product of the Year (NEW) - Raspberry Pi (79.29%)



If you have any questions or suggestions on how we can improve the MCA's next year, do let us know. Visit



--jeremy The polls are closed and the results are in. We had a record number of votes cast for the twelfth straight year. Congratulations should go to each and every nominee. We once again had some extremely close races. The official results:Desktop Distribution of the Year - Slackware (20.59%)Server Distribution of the Year - Debian (28.74%)Mobile Distribution of the Year - Android (66.86%)Database of the Year - MySQL (40.00%)NoSQL Database of the Year - MongoDB (38.96%)Office Suite of the Year - LibreOffice (85.14%)Browser of the Year - Firefox (52.76%)Desktop Environment of the Year - KDE (31.31%)Window Manager of the Year - Openbox (17.53%)Messaging Application of the Year - Pidgin (52.06%)VoIP Application of the Year - Skype (51.82%)Virtualization Product of the Year - VirtualBox (53.79%)Audio Media Player Application of the Year - amaroK (15.68%)Video Media Player Application of the Year - VLC (64.99%)Graphics Application of the Year - GIMP (69.85%)Network Security Application of the Year - Wireshark (25.79%)Host Security Application of the Year - SELinux (34.07%)Network Monitoring Application of the Year - Nagios (55.29%)IDE/Web Development Editor of the Year - Eclipse (23.62%)Text Editor of the Year - vim (34.35%)File Manager of the Year - Dolphin (23.77%)Open Source Game of the Year - Battle for Wesnoth (11.72%)Programming Language of the Year - Python (28.03%)Revision Control System of the Year - git (61.35%)Backup Application of the Year - rsync (42.82%)Open Source CMS/Blogging platform - WordPress (56.63%)Configuration Management Tool of the Year - Puppet (61.70%)Open Source Web Framework of the Year - Django (34.31%)Web Server of the Year (NEW) - Apache httpd (74.04%)X Terminal Emulator of the Year (NEW) - Konsole (22.68%)Open Source Hardware Product of the Year (NEW) - Raspberry Pi (79.29%)If you have any questions or suggestions on how we can improve the MCA's next year, do let us know. Visit http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ce-awards-104/ to view the individual polls, which contain the complete results. Visit http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/2012mca.php for a visual representation of each category on a single page.--jeremy