internetnews: Sarge vs. The Hoary Hedgehog?

"The wildly popular Debian-based Ubuntu Linux distribution released its newest version, code-named Hoary Hedgehog, today. But Debian's own offering, code-named Sarge, remains on the sidelines.

"The question of which Linux distribution is the most popular is a difficult one to measure.

"DistroWatch.com currently has Ubuntu ranked on top based on its page hit rankings statistics, though this is not the most accurate method for gauging popularity. It measures the number of times a specific distro's page is accessed on the DistroWatch site and can potentially be 'stuffed' by supporters..."

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