Where does Linux fit into a BYOD world? | Linux Today

Where does Linux fit into a BYOD world?

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KH
Ken Hess
Jun 8, 2012

Android is the Great Green Hope for end user Linux devices. Android and BYOD are perfect mates. We all know that Linux has no chance whatsoever as a real contender on the desktop. Even the most diehard Linux fanboy secretly knows this, although admitting it publicly will never happen for most. They’ll defend it to the bitter end. But, it’s a lost cause. That said and understood for traditional Linux distributions, Linux might still have a chance in the brave new BYOD world as Android.

KH

Ken Hess

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