![]() ![]() In his laudation, Marcel Hilzinger, the Editor in Chief of Android User, also admitted that the Galaxy Nexus was his personal favorite. The "Hottest Linux Device 2012" also has something to do with Android: this was the Smartphone Galaxy Nexus by Samsung, which asserted itself against devices such as Amazon's Kindle and a large field of other Android phones. Maddog stated that only Android gave consumers freedom of choice between various mobile devices and providers. It was handed over this year by long-standing Linux advocate Jon "Maddog"' Hall. Christine was asked back to the stage when android later on received the prize for outstanding services to Linux and free software. In her thank you speech she praised the large community of app developers who provide software for the platform. ![]() He handed over the award to Product Marketing Manager, Christine Hupe from Google. This has given Linux an enormous boost in popularity, as Knoppix inventor, Klaus Knopper, emphasized in his preliminary speech. When the polls closed, most of the votes finally went to Android, Google's Linux-based mobile operating system. There were about 40 candidates in the prize for the most innovative open source project this year. The publishing company behind Linux Magazine makes these awards every year the jury comprises members of the magazine editorial teams and about 300 members of the International open source community. Delighted to take home a Linux New Media Award 2012 (from left to right): Florian Effenberger (Libre Office), Andreas Kretschmer (PostgreSQL Europe), Christine Hupe (Google), Julia Oppel and Soung-min Choi (Samsung), and Thorsten Behrens (Libre Office). ![]()
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