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After a somewhat lengthy hiatus, I'm back. And I need your expertise.

I am leading a group that is QA'ing a new product that will is hardware with a web portal and a desktop app. Think of something like iTunes...

I know nothing about Linux. I want to include this platform, but need to know which version of Linux is a)most used and b)most popular (the two can be mutually exclusive).

And secondarily, if you use Linux, what browser do prefer? And why?

Thanks and glad to be back!

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by pshiflet-24

As for which distribution of Linux is the most popular or most used, I have no idea about verifiable numbers. I do, however, see discussions like this that lean towards Ubuntu as a strong favorite. Additionally, Ubuntu seems to be the core for other distributions so if you were to design an app to work in Ubuntu I would then assume it would also work, for example, in Mint.

My browser of choice, in Linux and Windows, is Firefox. It is the first browser I used in both and have yet to find a reason to switch. Additionally, any other option (for me, anyway) would have to be available for both Linux and Windows as well as offer a portable option. I hope that helps.

by ---tk---

is a great place to watch all the major players, and get info about up and comming releases.

I use ubuntu 8.10 & 9.04 on a couple of my machines. Firefox is my browser of choice in Windows and Linux.

Best of luck!

by deadly ernest

the current favourite flavours. Ubuntu is a fast growing common flavour with many spin offs as well.

by drednot57

Simple to install, easy to customize, stable and reliable. That's as good as a Linux distro can be. Firefox because it's faster than IE (any version) and can be customized with thousands of add-ons available.

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