A few comments. The Database poll was once again the closest race (decided by a single vote last year) while the web server poll remained the most lopsided. It's clear in most polls that there is not a single app that dominates, which I think is a major strength opensource offers. Thanks again to everyone that voted. . . .. The polls are closed, the dust has settled and the results have been tabulated. ...and the winners are: Browser of the Year - Mozilla Firebird (38.31%) Distribution of the Year - Slackware (26.34%) Database of the Year - MySQL (36.45%) Desktop Environment of the Year - KDE (55.93%) Office Suite of the Year - OpenOffice.org (79.51) Word Processor of the Year - swriter (OpenOffice.org) (66.86%) Spreadsheet of the Year - scalc (OpenOffice.org) (54.30) Window Manager of the Year - Fluxbox (28.42%) Multimedia Application of the Year - mplayer (44.61%) Cryptography App of the Year - OpenSSH (58.71%) Web Development Editor of the Year - Quanta (49.26%) Mail Client of the Year - Evolution (28.05%) Editor of the Year - vi/vim (38.30%) Hardening App of the Year - Bastille (60.49%) Open Source Game of the Year - Frozen Bubble (40.73%) Commercial Game of the Year - Unreal Tournament 2003 (36.75%) Windows on Linux App of the Year - Wine (36.42%) Security App of the Year - nmap (56.45%) FTP Server of the Year - ProFTPD (45.74%) Web Server of the Year - Apache (93.56%) MTA of the Year - PostFix (45.52%) Congratulations to all of the winners. A few comments. The Database poll was once again the closest race (decided by a single vote last year) while the web server poll remained the most lopsided. It's clear in most polls that there is not a single app that dominates, which I think is a major strength opensource offers. Thanks again to everyone that voted. The full results can be seen here: The link for this article located at linuxquestions.org is no longer available. . The findings from the 2020 OpenSourceCommunity.org User Preference Awards showcase the leading open source tools determined byparticipant polling.. Open Source Awards, Security Tools, Best Software 2003, Linux Applications. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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