Why there will never be a year of the Linux desktop | Linux Today

Why there will never be a year of the Linux desktop

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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Sep 30, 2015

I’ve been using Linux and Unix desktops for decades, but I know they’ll never be popular — though not for the reasons you might imagine.

SJV

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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