Leaderboard

(Note: Annoyance is scored on an inverse scale. For example, 2 Stallmans of annoyance is a score of 8. Performance has been removed due to the impossibility of keeping benchmarking software consistent, and the various apples-to-oranges default software loadouts.)

Current Leaderboard:

Combined Overall Rating
Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon: 7.35
FreeBSD 9.0: 5.4
Mepis 8.0: 4.8
Mageia 2: 4.5
Gentoo 2009.07.21: 4.5
CentOS 5.3: 4.3
CrunchBang 8.10: 4.3

Combined Granny Rating
Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon: 9.5
Mepis 8.0: 5.75
Mageia 2: 5.5
CentOS 5.3: 2.5
FreeBSD 9.0: 2
CrunchBang 8.10: 1.5
Gentoo 2009.07.21: 0

Combined Power User Rating
Gentoo 2009.07.21: 7.5
FreeBSD 9.0: 7.5
CentOS 5.3: 5.25
Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon: 4.75
CrunchBang 8.10: 4.5
Mepis 8.0: 4.25
Mageia 2: 3.5

Combined Annoyance Factor
Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon: 9.0
FreeBSD 9.0: 5.0
Mageia 2: 3.75
Mepis 8.0: 3.5
CentOS 5.3: 3.0
Gentoo 2009.07.21: 2.5
CrunchBang 8.10: 1.5

Combined Software Selection
Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon: 7.5
Mepis 8.0: 6.5
Mageia 2: 6.25
CrunchBang 8.10: 6.0
FreeBSD 9.0: 5.5
Gentoo 2009.07.21: 5.0
CentOS 5.3: 3.75

Combined Community
CrunchBang 8.10: 8.5
Gentoo 2009.07.21: 8.0
FreeBSD 9.0: 7.0
Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon: 6.0
Mepis 8.0: 6.0
CentOS 5.3: 5.75
Mageia 2: 4

Jeremy Overall Rating
Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon: 7.8
Mepis 8.0: 5.6
CentOS 5.3: 5.6
FreeBSD 9.0: 5.4
Mageia 2: 5.0
Gentoo 2009.07.21: 5.0
CrunchBang 8.10: 3.4

Jeremy Granny Rating
Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon: 9.5
Mageia: 7
Mepis 8.0: 6.5
CentOS 5.3: 3
FreeBSD 9.0: 2
CrunchBang 8.10: 1
Gentoo 2009.07.21: 0

Jeremy Power User Rating
Gentoo 2009.07.21: 9
CentOS 5.3: 7.5
FreeBSD 9.0: 7.0
Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon: 6.5
Magiea 2: 4
Mepis 8.0: 3.5
CrunchBang 8.10: 3

Jeremy Annoyance Factor
Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon: 8
CentOS 5.3: 5
Mepis 8.0: 5
FreeBSD 9.0: 5
Mageia 2: 2.5
Gentoo 2009.07.21: 2
CrunchBang 8.10: 1

Jeremy Software Selection
Mageia 2: 8.5
Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon: 8
FreeBSD 9.0: 7
Mepis 8.0: 6
CentOS 5.3: 5
CrunchBang 8.10: 5
Gentoo 2009.07.21: 5

Jeremy Community
Gentoo 2009.07.21: 9
CentOS 5.3: 7.5
Mepis 8.0: 7
Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon: 7
CrunchBang 8.10: 7
FreeBSD 9.0: 6
Mageia 2: 3

JD Overall Rating
Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon: 6.9
FreeBSD 9.0: 5.4
CrunchBang 8.10: 5.2
Mageia 2: 5.0
Gentoo 2009.07.21: 4.0
Mepis 8.0: 4.0
CentOS 5.3: 3.0

JD Granny Rating
Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon: 9.5
Mepis 8.0: 5
Mageia 2: 4
CrunchBang 8.10: 2
FreeBSD 9.0: 2
CentOS 5.3: 1.5
Gentoo 2009.07.21: 0

JD Power User Rating
FreeBSD 9.0: 8
CrunchBang 8.10: 5
Gentoo 2009.07.21: 5
Mepis 8.0: 5
Mageia 2: 3
CentOS 5.3: 3
Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon: 3

JD Annoyance Factor
Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon: 10
FreeBSD 9.0: 5
Mageia 2: 4
Gentoo 2009.07.21: 3
CrunchBang 8.10: 2
Mepis 8.0: 2
CentOS 5.3: 1

JD Software Selection
Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon: 7
CrunchBang 8.10: 7
Mepis 8.0: 7
Gentoo 2009.07.21: 5
Mageia 2: 4
FreeBSD 9.0: 4
CentOS 5.3: 2.5

JD Community
CrunchBang 8.10: 10
FreeBSD 9.0: 8
Gentoo 2009.07.21: 7
Mageia 2: 5
Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon: 5
Mepis 8.0: 5
CentOS 5.3: 4

Ratings Criteria:

Granny Rating
- Ease of installation
- Ease of use
- Ease of getting non-free essentials (mp3; flash; …)
- Default theme

Power User Rating
- Customizeable
- Flexible
- Ease of compiling software
- Ease of getting bleeding edge software

Annoyance Factor (Stallmans)
- Pointless hassle
- Jumping through hoops to get non-free software
- Stupid design decisions

Software Selection
- Software freshness
- Software selection

Community
- Assistance through forums
- Assistance through IRC
- Documentation
- Ease of contributing back