Ubuntu tops desktop, server Linux enthusiast poll
The survey, which was conducted by Sydney-based consultancy Waugh Partners, also found that Queensland is the best state in which to study open source and proprietary source developers are paid less than their open source counterparts.
In a video interview conducted at linux.conf.au in Melbourne last month, Jeff and Pia Waugh of Waugh Partners revealed some initial trends from the survey's findings.
The survey showed that Ubuntu came top, followed by Fedora, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and then SUSE. Jeff Waugh said it wasn't difficult to see why Ubuntu was so popular: "They have done a very good job of [making a product of] a very sexy, simple desktop. It comes on one CD, it's easy to install, it comes with great hardware support and it's easy to use."
