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:Is 2008 the Year of the Linux Desktop?
Is 2008 the Year of the Linux Desktop?
Nov 17, 2007, 05 :00 UTC (13 Talkback[s]) (8870 reads)

(Other stories by Joe Brockmeier)

"No doubt you've heard the prediction before--'this is going to be the year of the Linux desktop.' At the risk of being repetitive, though, I'm going to go ahead and say it: 2008 really could be the year of the Linux desktop.

"Yes, yes. I know--we've all heard this before. If I recall correctly, 2001 through 2007 have also been 'the year of the Linux desktop,' according to various pundits. Hear me out, though, because it seems a few vendors are starting to get a clue about how they can make Linux compelling..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
if u read the comments that the other pe ...   why cant they make the change ?   
patrick_darcy
Nov 17, 2007, 05:28:54
 
...but the Ubuntu Dell systems are releg ...   Desktop Linux   
anon y mouse
Nov 17, 2007, 06:32:25
 
Nice angle you have there. Yeah *some* p ...   Re:Why can't they make the change   
Mark
Nov 17, 2007, 07:34:09
 
While it's true, every year we ask o ...   Could be? Should be!   
Richard Masci
Nov 17, 2007, 08:44:03
 
Although its nice to see that Brockmeier ...   Bad Article   
Robert M. Stockmann
Nov 17, 2007, 08:51:02
 
>> if u read the comments that the other ...   Re: why cant they make the change ?   
Jose_X
Nov 17, 2007, 13:22:38
 
Desktop Virtualization is the Key for th ...   Virtualization is the Key   
XXX
Nov 17, 2007, 16:44:12
 
Hey everybody, it must be mid-November a ...   Oh, its mid-November again!   
Joe USer
Nov 18, 2007, 06:08:32
 
> Videos, eg, screencasts with some edit ...   Re: Re: why cant they make the change ?   
blackhole
Nov 18, 2007, 06:42:16
 
It was on January 1, 2000 that I made Li ...   My "Year of the Linux Desktop" was 2000   
GreyGeek
Nov 19, 2007, 04:25:40
 
There is no "Year of the Linux Desktop". ...   There Is NO Year of Linux Desktop   
YetAnotherBob
Nov 19, 2007, 19:59:27
 
Since Ubuntu (and other modern distros ) ...   Yes   
Olafur Jon
Nov 20, 2007, 13:14:17
 
...complain about a missing application. ...   When you need an excuse...   
philc
Nov 20, 2007, 18:07:59
 
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