LinuxPlanet: RIP: Linux on the Desktop
May 21, 2001, 17:29 (127 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Kevin Reichard)
With the departure of Eazel and the inability of anyone to make
a buck on selling a desktop-oriented Linux distribution, it's time
to write the obituary for Linux on the desktop -- or at least admit
that it's unlikely that Linux world domination via the desktop will
occur any time soon. Instead, writes Kevin Reichard, we should take
joy that Linux has become a valuable and essential server operating
system, and that when planning for the future we should build on
that success, rather than lamenting the demise of Linux on the
desktop.
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- GNOME 2.0 Release Schedule(May 16, 2001)
- Darin Adler: What's happening to Nautilus, other packages (Eazel)(May 16, 2001)
- Eazel's Demise Is Official(May 16, 2001)
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- Miguel de Icaza: Can't We All Just Get Along? [A Response to Dennis Powell](May 09, 2001)
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