Opinion: Year of the Penguin Jul 10, 2008, 03 :00 UTC (1 Talkback[s]) (5868 reads) (Other stories by Ian Yates)
"It's taken the confluence of several disparate but connected events to create the perfect breeding ground for desktop versions of Linux to finally flourish.
"Firstly, credit where it's due, Apple's decision to switch to a Unix core proved that you didn't need to be a geek and/or a master of the command line interface to enjoy the benefits of Bell Labs' near 40-year-old gaming platform. You could now watch the pretty pictures with the click of a mouse and have no need to know what was under the covers of MacOS X..."
