Part of my conviction that 2014 is the year of the Linux desktop flows from my personal experience at my own business, which now now runs entirely on Chrome OS (apart from the one legacy Mac device, which lives permanently in Chrome). As I’ve spoken to clients and collaborators around the world, I’ve realized we’re not alone.
I’ve found that many of the startups and nonprofits I communicate with use Google Apps for email and collaboration. It’s not instantly obvious, since most of us operate our own domain names. But the benefit of getting all your productivity tools delivered at minimal cost and without needing an IT department is massive. When you’re doing that, you’re using a Linux desktop already, even if you’re accessing it through Mac OS or Windows. All the code Google uses to deliver those productivity tools is running on Linux.