[dayglored]

What the heck? RedHat, hello??

How in the world an article can list the "Top 10" Linux distros, without even a passing mention of RedHat or CentOS, is totally beyond me. RedHat has been the gold standard in Linux for over a decade if not two, it's the largest contributor to the Linux community, the first open source company to reach the billion-dollar mark, and its enterprise product line is second to none.

CentOS is RedHat Enterprise Linux, without the cost -- free as in beer as well as free as in speech. CentOS is used by individuals as well as companies all over the world, who want the best possible functionality and stability (RHEL), but are willing to forego paid support.

And Fedora (which gets a mid-list mention) is the cutting-edge, development-oriented branch sponsored by RedHat. It's not like Fedora exists in a vacuum -- but this article would lead one to believe that it does.

Can somebody explain to me how the two best pedigreed distros got left out of this list???

[ShadowAce]

Red Hat and CentOS are both considered to be server OSes. This list is really about the desktop.

And yes--I do know that you can ue RH and Cent as your desktop. :D

[Bikkuri]

RedHat is pay to use.. that is what separates it :p