Sweet! Computing: It's 2007 and Linux Has Arrived! | Linux Today

Sweet! Computing: It’s 2007 and Linux Has Arrived!

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 1, 2007

[ Thanks to Todd
Robinson
for this link. ]

“‘Linux has arrived’… that may sound funny to those who have
been using Gnu/Linux for a number of years. But it has finally
graduated from a ‘kit car’ with a manual transmission to a full
blown production vehicle with automatic everything. If you want,
you can still tinker around in the garage or build a custom hot rod
as a hobby. But you can also kick back in your limo and enjoy the
ride.

“The first month of 2007 is nearly complete, but all the hoopla
in the computer industry has not been not around the release of
Microsoft’s Windows Vista. Instead several Gnu/Linux based desktop
operating systems are outclassing the long time Desktop Giant, even
before it’s officially released to the general public…”

Complete
Story

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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