1) Best New Open-Source Project (from 2012-2013)

Brackets (open-source code editor) (2013)
Everpad (2012)
FirefoxOS (2013)
Manjaro Linux (2013)
MultiSystem (2012)
Nemo Mobile (2013)
OxForMongo (2012)
The Parallella Supercomputer (2013)
Pump.IO (2013)
Raspberry Pi (2012)
Rust Programming Language (2012)
TeXnicCenter (2012)
WSO2 Stratos 2.0 (2013 - I think)


2) Best New Commercial Application (from 2012-2013)

Clipperz (online vault and password manager) (2013)
IBM Notes 9.0 Social Edition (2013)
Krita Studio (2012)
LightWorks Pro (2013)
SaltStack (2012)
Steam for Linux (2013)
VueScan Scanner Software for Linux (2013)


3) Linux Product of the Year

FirefoxOS (2013)
Jolla/Sailfish (2013?)
Krita Studio (2013)
LXDE-Qt (2013)
Manjaro (2013)
OpenShift (2013)
Raspberry Pi (2012)
Roku 3 (2013)
SaltStack (2012)
Ubuntu Edge (2013)

4) Best Linux Smartphone Manufacturer

GeeksPhone
Golden Delicious Computers
HTC
Huawei
Jolla
LG
Nexus
Nokia
Samsung
Sony
Wiko Cink


5) Best Linux Tablet 

Ekoore Python S3
Google Nexus 7
Google Nexus 10
KDE Vivaldi Tablet
Kindle Fire HD
Nook HD
PengPod
Samsung Galaxy Note
Samsung Galaxy Tab
Ubuntu Edge

6) Best Other Linux-Based Gadget

Amazon Kindle DX
BeagleBone/BeagleBoard
Cubieboard
Google Chromecast
GTA04 Upgrade Board for Openmoko
Gumstix
mintBox
Parallella Supercomputer
Raspberry Pi
RaZberry
Roku 3
Sony PRS T2 eReader
TomTom Navigation System

7) Best Laptop Vendor

ASUS
CyberPower
Dell
EmperorLinux
Eurocom
Lenovo
LinuxCertified
System76

8) Best Linux-Friendly Hardware Vendor

AMD
Dell
Element14
Eurocom
Hewlett-Packard
Huawei
IBM
Intel
Lenovo
Microway
MSI
NVIDIA
Raspberry Pi Foundation
Silicon Mechanics
Supermicro
System76


9) Best Linux Desktop Workstation Vendor

CyberPower
Dell
Hewlett-Packard
Microway
System76

10) Best Linux Server Vendor

Dell
Hewlett-Packard
IBM
Supermicro
Microway


11) Best Android App 

Aldiko
CamScanner
Chrome Browser for Android
ConnectBot
CSR Racking
Dolphin
Dropbox
Duolingo
ElectroDroid
F-Droid
Firefox Browser for Android
Google Currents
Google Maps
imo
K-9 Mail
Kingsoft Office
Kytephone
LibreOffice Impress Remote
Linux Journal
Moon+ Reader
My Tracks
Nova Launcher
Out of Milk
PC Monitor
Plants vs. Zombies
PV Output
Subsonic
Sudoku
SwiftKey
TouchDown
TTRSS-Reader
Tweet Lanes
Waze

13) Best LJ Column

Joey Bernard's Science Column
Zack Brown's diff -u
James Gray's New Products
Shawn Powers' The Open-Source Classroom
Kyle Rankin's Hack and /
Reuven M. Lerner's At the Forge
Doc Searls' EOF
Dave Taylor's Work the Shell

14) Best Brand of Video Chipset 

AMD
Intel
NVIDIA

15) Best Linux Distribution 

Arch Linux
CentOS
Chakra
CrunchBang
Debian
elementary OS
Fedora
Foresight Linux
Gentoo
Kubuntu
Linux Mint
Mageia
Manjaro
NixOS
openSUSE
Oracle Linux
PCLinuxOS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Slackware
SolydK
Superb Mini Server (SMS)
Ubuntu
Ubuntu Server
Xubuntu

16) Best Distribution for Netbooks/Limited Hardware

Arch Linux
Debian
Fedora
Foresight Linux
Gentoo
LXLE
Lubuntu
Manjaro
PCLinuxOS
Peppermint OS
Puppy Linux
Slackware
Ubuntu
Wolvix
Xubuntu

17) Best Distribution for High-Performance Computing

CentOS
Debian
Fedora
Gentoo
Linux Mint
openSUSE
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Rocks Cluster
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Ubuntu

18) Best Mobile Linux OS

Android
CyanogenMod
FirefoxOS
Gentoo
Maemo
MeeGo
Mer
PCLinuxOS
Replicant
Sailfish OS
Tizen
Ubuntu for Phones
Ubuntu for Android
Ubuntu Touch

19) Best Desktop Distribution

Arch Linux
Chakra
Debian
Fedora
Gentoo
Kubuntu
Linux Mint
Lubuntu
Manjaro
NixOS
openSUSE
PCLinuxOS
Red Hat
Slackware
SolydK
Ubuntu
Wolvix
Xfce
Xubuntu

20) Best Desktop Environment

Cinnamon
DWM
Enlightenment
Fluxbox
GNOME 2
GNOME 3
KDE
KDE Plasma
KWin
LXDE
MATE
Openbox
PCLinuxOS
Ubuntu
Unity
Xfce

21) Best Content Management System

Blosxom
Conary
Drupal
Elgg
eZ publish
ikiwiki
MATE
MediaWiki
WebGUI
WordPress
Wolf CMS

22) Best Linux-Friendly Web Hosting Company

1&1
Blacknight Solutions
DreamHost
GoDaddy.com
LAMP Host
Linode
Liquid Web
Netfirms
OVH
Prgmr
Rackspace
RimuHosting
Savvis

23) Best Web Browser 

Chrome
Chromium
Dillo
dwb
Firefox
Iceweasel
Opera
QupZilla
rekonq
SeaMonkey

24) Best E-mail Client

Alpine
Claws Mail
Evolution
Geary
Gmail
Gnus
IBM Notes 9.0
KMail
Mozilla Thunderbird
Mutt
Opera Mail
Rediffmail
SeaMonkey
Sylpheed
Zimbra

25) Best IM Client

BitlBee
Empathy
Facebook
Gajim
Google Chat
Jitsi
Konversation
Kopete
Miranda IM
Pidgin
Psi
Skype

26) Best IRC Client

Chatzilla
ERC (emacs)
HexChat
Irssi
Jitsi
Konversation
Opera IRC
Pidgin
Quassel
WeeChat
XChat

27) Best Microblogging Client

bti
Choqok
Gwibber
Hotot

28) Best Office Suite 

Apache OpenOffice
Calligra Suite
Google Drive
LibraOffice
WebODF

29) Best Single Office Program 

AbiWord
Apache OpenOffice Calc
Apache OpenOffice Impress
Apache OpenOffice Writer
AUCTeX
Calligra Plan
Calligra Stage
Calligra Words
Gnumeric
LibreOffice Calc
LibreOffice Writer
SciTE

30) Best Graphics/Design Tool

Apache OpenOffice Draw
Blender
DraftSite
GIMP
Inkscape
Krita
Pinta
RRDtool
Tux Paint
Xfig

31) Best Digital Photo Management Tool

Bibble/Corel AfterShot Pro
darktable
digiKam
Geeqie
GIMP
Gwenview
ImageMagick
LightZone
Picasa
RawTherapee
Shotwell

32) Best Audio Tool

Amarok
Ardour
Audacious
Audacity
FFmpeg
Format Junkie
LMMS
Mixxx
SoX
VLC
XBMC

33) Best Audio Player

Amarok
Audacious
Banshee
Clementine
cmus
DeaDBeeF
Decibel Audio Player
foobar2000
Guayadeque
Mixxx
MOC
MPC-HC
MPlayer
Ncmpcpp
Nightingale
Rhythmbox
Spotify
Subsonic
VLC
XBMC
Xmms

34) Best Media Player

Amarok
Clementine
Daum Potplayer
Kaffeine
MPlayer
mpv
MythTV
Plex
Totem
VLC
XBMC
Xmms

35) Best Bookmark Syncing Tool 

Chrome
Chromium
Delicious
Feedly
Firefox Sync
Google Sync
SemanticScuttle
Tiny Tiny RSS
Xmarks

36) Best Online Collaboration Tool

Feng Office
Google Docs
Google Hangout
MediaWiki
Norton Zone
Redmine
WebODF
WordPress

37) Best Cloud-Based File Storage

AjaXplorer
Box
Copy
Dropbox
Google Drive
Norton Zone
ownCloud
rsync
SpiderOak
Ubuntu One

38) Best Linux Game

Battle Field
BurgerSpace
Darwinia
FreeOrion
Frozen Bubble
Glest
Half-Life
Hedgewars
KGoldrunner
Minecraft
Oolite
OpenTTD
Scorched 3D
Trine 2
Warzone 2100

39) Best SQL Database

MariaDB
MySQL
Oracle
PostgreSQL
SQLite

40) Best NoSQL Database

Apache HBase
Cassandra
CouchDB
MongoDB
Neo4j
Redis RethinkDB

41) Best Backup Solution

Amanda
Areca-Backup
Back In Time
Bacula
Clonezilla
CrashPlan
Dropbox
luckyBackup
rdiff-backup
Storix
Symantec Backup Exec
Tivoli Storage Manager

42) Best Virtualization Solution 

KVM
Linux-VServer
OpenStack
OpenVZ
Oracle VM VirtualBox
QEMU
Symantec Workspace Virtualization
VMware

43) Best Monitoring Application

Circonus
FlowViewer
htop
Manage Engine
Monit
Munin
Nagios
New Relic
NTM (Network Traffic Monitor)
Opsview
PC Monitor
SaltStack
SSH
SysPeek
Wireshark
xosview
Zabbix
Zenoss

44) Best Revision Control System

Bazaar
Git
Mercurial
Plastic SCM
Subversion

45) Best Debugger (serial or parallel)

Edebug
GDB (The Gnu Project Debugger)
PuDB (Python Debugger)

46) Best Video Editor

Avidemux
Kdenlive
LightWorks
OpenShot
PiTiVi
VLC

47) Best Open-Source Pen Testing Tool

Kali Linux
Metasploit
Nmap

48) Best Open-Source Forensics Tool

dd
HexEdit
Kali Linux
Sleuth Kit
TestDisk

49) Best Open-Source Security Tool

AIDE
BackTrack Linux
Kali Linux
KeePass
Metasploit
Netfilter
Nmap
pfSense

50) Best Linux/OSS Advocate/Evangelist

Jono Bacon
Eric Christensen
Cory Doctorow
Dodeimedo
Thomas S. Hatch
Jupiter Broadcasting
Shawn Powers
Roy Schestovitz
Carla Schroder
Doc Searls
Richard Stallman
Linus Torvalds

51) Best "Worst" Linux/Open-Source Idea

Creating a new distro instead of creating a new application
GNOME 3
Liberator (3-D printed handgun)
Poetterings' ideas
Putting GNU in front of Linux
The LibreOffice fork
Ubunutu
Ubuntu's going it alone
Mir (Ubuntu's next-generation display server)

52) Best Programming Language

ATS
C 
C++
Fortran
Go
Java
JavaScript
Lisp
Perl
Python
QML
Ruby

53) Best Scripting Language

Bash
JavaScript
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Shell Script

54) Best IDE

Code::Blocks
Eclipse
Emacs
Geary
IntelliJ IDEA
JetBrains PhpStorm
Kate
KDevelop
Komodo IDE
NetBeans
Qt Creator
Sublime Text
vim

55) Best Configuration Management Tool

apt
CFEngine
Puppet
SaltStack
Subversion
Yast

56) Best Platform for Developing Rich Internet Apps

Catalyst
Django
Dojo
OpenShift
Qt
Ruby on Rails
Vaadin

57) Best Package Management Application

apt-get
Aptitude
Conary
dpkg
Gentoo Portage
Nix
pacman
pkgtool
RPM
SaltStack
Synaptic
Yaourt

58) Best RSS Reader

Akregator
Feedly
gReader
InoReader
Liferea
Miniflux
Newsbeuter
SeaMonkey
Thunderbird
Tiny Tiny RSS

59) Best File Encryption

dm-crypt
eCryptfs
EncFS
GnuPG
Gringotts
LUKS (Linux Unified Key Setup)
Symantec Endpoint Encryption Full Disk Edition
TrueCrypt

60) Best Java JRE

Openjdk
Oracle
WSO2

61) Best Java App Server

WSO2
Tomcat

62) Best Journaling Filesystem

brtfs
ext3
ext4
xfs

63) Best File Manager

Bash
Command line
Emacs
Dolphin
Krusader
Midnight Commander
Nautilus
Nemo
PCManFM
ranger
Thunar
Total Commander
Zsh

64) Best Text Editor

emacs 
gedit
joe
Kate 
Nano
vi/vim