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The Overestimated Death of the Linux Desktop

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 21, 2007

[ Thanks to Alex
Bogak
for this link. ]

“For the last couple of days I’ve been reading about the so
called Death of the Linux Desktop. What I cannot understand is, how
so Linux desktop can be dead if it never existed?

“For few years, we’ve been hearing all sorts of saying, that
this year will be ‘the year of Linux on the Desktop,’ that this
year, Linux will conquer desktop arena, etc. So if all that is
true, wouldn’t that mean that it is not on the desktop yet, and
hence it cannot die…?”


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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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