SearchOpenSource: Linux Desktop Adoption Barriers: Open Source Apps Development, Integration

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"Recently the Freespire Linux-based operating system was announced, and SuSE Linux Desktop--also known as SLED 10--was released. Which event do you think will have the biggest impact the Linux desktop?

"Jono Bacon: Recent developments on the Linux desktop front are constantly pushing Linux in front of people, and it becomes an ever-more compelling choice. Recent releases, most notably Ubuntu 6.06 LTS and SLED, work right out of the box for most people and provide a pretty complete software stack. People just don't want to fight with the operating system, and today Linux is a particularly fluid system..."

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