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Jun 22, 2012, 12:00 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Chris Hall)

Android on tablets and smartphones may have primed the public to be willing to try a flavor other than Windows on their PCs and laptops, but this means next to nothing in the current computing environment. Consumers are going to buy what???s on the shelves at Best Buy, or what jumps off the screen at them on Amazon.com or Dell???s site. None of these venues are going to feature Linux boxes, at least not where you can find them unless you???re specifically looking for them. Why? There???s nothing in it for the retailers or manufacturers; it???s a zero-sum gain situation.

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