Linux Format Reader Awards 2006

Ronald Bradford
January 5, 2006

The Linux Format magazine is having it’s annual reader awards in a number of categories.

These include (I’ve include my picks after each category):

Best Desktop Application (Gnome)
Best Distro (CentOS 4.2)
Best Development Tool (Eclipse 3.1)
Best Hardware Support (NVidia for my Dell Laptop)
Free Software Project of the Year (Gaim)
Embedded Linux Award
Best Server Software (MySQL 5.0 )
Best Office Software (Open Office 2.0 )
Best Linux Game
Best Internet Software (FireFox 1.5)
Best Support Resource (DevGuru.com )
Best Web Host or ISP (Ev1 Servers )
Enterprise Award (Sun for JDK 1.5)
Best Geek Gadget of the Year (Plush Microbes from Think Geek )

You can nominate at http://www.linuxformat.co.uk/nominate/ . Nomimations close Friday 10 Feb 2006.

Tagged with: Databases General Java Linux MySQL Open Source

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