Yes, the Linux desktop still matters! | Linux Today

Yes, the Linux desktop still matters!

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 26, 2014

Wow. Talk about a Negative Ned take on the Linux desktop! I’m somewhat flabbergasted at this blithe dismissal of Linux as a desktop operating system. And almost all of it is based on the anecdotal experience of the writer’s hair cutter friend Valerie. Is it me or is that just a silly way of making sweeping generalizations about Linux? I’m sure that Valerie is a fine person, but she doesn’t represent “billions of people” any more than I do. She’s just one person, with one particular set of computing needs.

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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