Linux Journal | December 2012 | Issue 224 - ACM Digital Library

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FEATURE Readers’ Choice Awards 2012BEST GAMEOh “Other”, how we love you. Will Linux users ever get the Steam platform?If so, will that change the landscape of Linux gaming? It’s hard to say. Wejust know it’s exciting to see games that work well under Linux, when not toomany years ago, that wasn’t the case. If you haven’t been paying attentionto the Linux-friendly Humble Bundle charity drives, be sure to watch for itsnext offering. Linux users are always the top donators, and all the games areLinux-compatible, so it’s a win-win for everyone.17.6% Other12.9% World of Goo12.4% Frozen Bubble9.5% Doom9.1% Minecraft/Spoutcraft8.7% Battle for Wesnoth8.2% Tux Racer (PlanetPenguin Racer/Extreme Tux Racer)6.2% Super Tux3.8% Enemy TerritoryQuake Wars3.8% freeciv3.8% Urban Terror2.8% Nexuiz1.2% MaelstromBEST SQL DATABASEThis year we separated SQL databases fromNoSQL databases. It seemed unfair to pit twodifferent technologies against each other,when both are perfectly cromulent systems.We think the results are much more useful.47.4% MySQL28.8% PostgreSQL12.2% SQLite4.1% MariaDB4% Oracle1.8% Other1% Firebird.8% DB2BEST NoSQL DATABASE33.4% MongoDB22.3% CouchDB21.9% Cassandra12.2% Other6.6% Redis1.8% Dynomite1.8% Riak78 / DECEMBER 2012 / WWW.LINUXJOURNAL.COM
BEST BACKUP SOLUTION41.7% rsync11.6% tar8.9% Other*7% Amanda6% Bacula4.4% Simple Linux Backup4.1% Back in Time3.2% Arkeia3.1% BackupPC3.1% rsnapshot2.8% luckyBackup1.7% rdiff-backup1.2% cpio1.2% Mondo.1% BakBone NetVault*Deja Dup and “custom scripts” hadseveral write-in votes.56.1% VirtualBox17.7% VMware13.5% KVM5.3% XenBEST VIRTUALIZATIONSOLUTIONVirtualBox continues to flourish under its Oracleownership. Thankfully, the core product remainsopen source, and its compatibility with freshversions of distributions seems to be fast andup to date. Although it’s not something I’d usefor a server room, VirtualBox does a great job ofemulating desktop environments.3.9% QEMU1.6% Citrix Xenserver1.5% Other.4% OpenVZ.1% Scalent V/OE SoftwareBEST MONITORINGAPPLICATION51.8% Nagios13.4% Other7.9% OpenNMS7.2% Zabbix4.9% Zenoss Core4% Uptime Software3.6% Ganglia3.1% Munin2.5% Hyperic1.6% GroundworkWWW.LINUXJOURNAL.COM / DECEMBER 2012 / 79
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