Has Linux run out of time? | Linux Today

Has Linux run out of time?

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Gary Newell
Sep 2, 2014

An article in PC Linux magazine suggested that Linux has run out of time to make it on the desktop. This article provides some counterarguments and asks the question “why does it have to be Windows or Linux, why can’t it be both?”

GN

Gary Newell

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