The Overestimated Death of the Linux Desktop

[ Thanks to Alex Bogak for this link. ]

"For the last couple of days I've been reading about the so called Death of the Linux Desktop. What I cannot understand is, how so Linux desktop can be dead if it never existed?

"For few years, we've been hearing all sorts of saying, that this year will be 'the year of Linux on the Desktop,' that this year, Linux will conquer desktop arena, etc. So if all that is true, wouldn't that mean that it is not on the desktop yet, and hence it cannot die...?"

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