Linux Journal are Polling has begun for the first round of the Linux Journal Readers Choice Awards 2005. This year Inkscape is included on the official ballot. In other categories I will be voting desktop environment: GNOME, web browser: Mozilla Seamonkey, and even though it didn't make it to the shortlist I will still send a write in vote for Abiword in as both office program: abiword and text editor: abiword. There are some relatively new applications like Sabayon and Xen I must take a closer look at before completing the rest of my ballot. The system is different and a little more complicated this year so be careful and make sure your vote counts.

Update: Inkscape won the Linux Journal Editors Choice Award but was beaten by the GNU Image Manipulation Program which seems to always win in this category. Maybe next year.