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:The Linux desktop is already here
The Linux desktop is already here
Mar 10, 2010, 11 :02 UTC (6 Talkback[s]) (4661 reads)

(Other stories by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols)

[ Thanks to Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols for this link. ]

"I found it more than a little sad that someone in 2010 could still think that Linux is "still a non-starter on the desktop." Please — wake up: We're all Linux desktop users now.

"No matter what you're running on your desktop -- Windows 7, Snow Leopard, XP, whatever -- you use the Internet, right? And you use Google to search? You talk to your friends on Facebook, Twitter of some other social network, yes? Then congratulations — you're a Linux user."

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It's educational to remember that Li ...   Linux predates Win95   
Bob_Robertson
Mar 10, 2010, 14:21:38
 
What took you so long? ...   I had mine in 1996   
Linux User
Mar 10, 2010, 15:55:22
 
> It's educational to remember that  ...   Re: Linux predates Win95   
Frank Earl (aka Svartalf)
Mar 10, 2010, 15:57:32
 
It seems more then capable in a business ...   what's it ready for   
Fred Williams
Mar 10, 2010, 16:02:02
 
What is really needed is people getting  ...   Yeah, but...   
Nate Bargmann
Mar 10, 2010, 21:29:10
 
I have Linux on a netbook, a laptop, a t ...   No Linux Desktop here...   
Wonderbird
Mar 11, 2010, 01:14:04
 
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