Linuxquestions 论坛用户投票选出了2016 年的最佳 Linux 桌面发行版、服务器发行版、移动发行版、数据库等。它选出的 2016 年 Linux 桌面发行版是最古老的仍然活跃开发的发行版 Slackware 。这一结果并不让人感到意外，每一个 Linux 发行版都有自己的主论坛，而 Slackware 用户主要聚在 Linuxquestions 。

其它投票结果是：服务器发行版 CentOS，移动发行版 Android，办公软件 LibreOffice ，数据库 MariaDB ，浏览器 Firefox （得到了一半以上的投票），桌面环境 KDE ，窗口管理器 Openbox ，多媒体播放器 VLC ，网络安全应用 Wireshark ，网络监视应用 Nagios Core ，IDE Eclipse，编辑器 vim ，文件管理器 Dolphin ，开源游戏 SuperTuxKart ，编程语言 Python ，等等。

Desktop Distribution of the Year - Slackware (16.03%)

Server Distribution of the Year - CentOS (23.86%)

Mobile Distribution of the Year - Android (68.24%)

Database of the Year - MariaDB (41.29%)

Office Suite of the Year - LibreOffice (89.60%)

Browser of the Year - Firefox (51.74%)

Desktop Environment of the Year - Plasma Desktop - KDE (28.57%)

Window Manager of the Year - Openbox (24.04%)

Audio Media Player Application of the Year - VLC (33.60%)

Video Media Player Application of the Year - VLC (64.36%)

Network Security Application of the Year - Wireshark (26.09%)

Host Security Application of the Year - SELinux (36.62%)

Network Monitoring Application of the Year - Nagios Core (24.82%)

IDE of the Year - Eclipse (14.14%)

Text Editor of the Year - vim (30.26%)

File Manager of the Year - Dolphin (25.18%)

Open Source Game of the Year - SuperTuxKart (14.50%)

Programming Language of the Year - Python (25.66%)

Backup Application of the Year - rsync (46.04%)

Configuration Management Tool of the Year - Ansible (33.33%)

X Terminal Emulator of the Year - Konsole (19.03%)

Privacy Solution of the Year - uBlock Origin (19.55%)

Open Source File Sync Application of the Year - ownCloud (38.33%)

Video Authoring Application of the Year - KDEnlive (27.52%)

IRC Client of the Year - HexChat (33.06%)

Package Manager of the Year - dpkg (32.16%)

Linux Filesystem of the Year - ext4 (68.59%)

Open Source Single Board Computer of the Year - Arduino (43.06%)

Virtualization Application of the Year - VirtualBox (55.10%)

Container Application of the Year - Docker (64.94%)

Linux/Open Source Podcast of the Year - Bad Voltage (24.46%)

Linux/Open Source Magazine of the Year - Linux Journal (37.65%)

Instant Messaging Client of the Year - Pidgin (44.00%)

Digital Audio Workstation of the Year - Ardour (42.59%)

Raster Graphics Editor of the Year - GIMP (76.47%)

Linux Server Vendor of the Year - Dell (39.24%)