2011: The Year of the Linux Tablet

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“For what seems like forever, we’ve been hearing the
Linux fanboys of the world proclaiming that the coming year will be
the “Year of the Linux Desktop.” It’s has become somewhat of a joke
amongst Linux naysayers and even with the Linux faithful. I don’t
know if we’ll ever see the year of the Linux Desktop or not, but it
looks like 2011 is going to be the year of the Linux Tablet. The
future success of Linux as a tablet and phone platform might not
look as open and utopian as many supporters of free software would
like, but it seems that it’s inevitable none the less.

“Linux based tablet pcSo what makes 2011 and the tablet
revolution different from the desktop and netbook revolutions
before it? The desktop revolution was once lead by Apple and
Microsoft. Microsoft won that battle and is still king, and it’s
probably not going anywhere too fast (no matter how hard the Linux
fanboys try). Netbooks started out in the Linux camp (the original
Eee PC came exclusively with Linux pre-installed) but Microsoft saw
the writing on the walls and quickly released an optimized version
of Windows XP for this new hardware type. The first year of the
tablet revolution has been completely different, dominated by
Apple’s iPad. Now that every other hardware manufacture on the
planet wants to get in on the tablet game, what are their
choices?”

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