"Vendors of every ilk have tripped over themselves to announce Linux-related products. We have Linux CD players, firewalls, intrusion-detectors, IP phones and routing software platforms--and the list grows daily. Applications that perform every task imaginable (and some tasks you don't want to imagine) have gushed from the open source community
"But even in the deafening noise surrounding Linux, four topics stand out: the duel for the desktop, 3-D desktop tools, isolated virtual environments (also known as containerization or virtualization), and mobile Linux devices..."