As I have said more than once on this blog — The Sorry State of the Open Source Today, Open source is not about love, Linux Distro Hating Week, Oct. 6-12 —, you can't find a Linux distribution to really qualify for a high-quality operating system. In many regards, Linux is much more powerful and adequate for a mass usage than it was 10, 12, 15 or 17 years ago, yet it can be as bad as Windows at times, if not worse: regressions from a release to the next one, update that break things that works, inconsistent repositories, lack of source packges, short-time support that forces the users to update in order to keep them safe, lack of official updates even a few weeks after an upstream source package is available, bugs that remain unfixed for years, an increasing bloatedness, and so on.

Still, Linux is arguably the best alternative to Microsoft Windows, and it should be able to provide with a free or affordable solution for most cases. No, I can not recommend, endorse, or acclaim in the highest degree none of the existing GNU/Linux distributions.

I can nevertheless applaud and acknowledge the personal achievements of some individuals who have dedicated themselves to the advancement of Linux... with remarkable results.

This is not about the large team of individuals who are beyond the major Linux distributions. (Yes, even Slackware is made by a team of friends, it's not a solitary effort of Pat anymore!)

This is not about people who are already praised all over the Linux sites.

This is about some people who deserve more, yet don't get the proper recognition. For the first time ever, Planète Béranger is issuing its Linux Personal Achievements Awards, now for 2008.

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