The Linux desktop has truly arrived
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| Soon after I joined Novell, I started blogging about our technology
| directions. My first entry back in April 2006 was entitled “The Linux Desktop
| has arrived: The better desktop”. I argued that with SUSE Linux Enterprise
| Desktop 10 – due to ship that summer -- that the time had come for more
| significant inroads for Linux into the desktop market.
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http://www.novell.com/ctoblog/?p=57
The State of the Desktop
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| A growing acceptance of the Linux operating system over a forced upgrade to
| Windows Vista may also impact on desktop trends, Bulling predicted. First,
| though, IT managers have to want to change, which is not happening yet in
| large numbers because many are generally content with existing applications.
|
| "We are starting to see more use of Linux, but still a ways off. We may start
| to see more movement towards Linux on the desktop with reduced hardware needs
| once companies have to decide about upgrading to Vista, because XP support
| ends in a few years," he said.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/58976.html
Related:
Linux gains despite and because of Microsoft
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| Despite the heightened competition over the last two quarters from
| Microsoft-Novell and a move by Oracle to undercut Red Hat on the cost of Red
| Hat Linux support service, Red Hat has reported double-digit growth in
| revenue and an increase in profit.
|
| “The success of Red Hat has been able to validate the future potential for
| open source software,” Szulik says.
|
| Emerging countries are also lucrative markets for Linux, says IDC’s Gillen,
| because there isn’t as much of the legacy Windows technology to have to
| displace.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/072507-linux-microsoft-gains.html?page=3
XP > Vista... is Microsoft in Trouble?
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| Which OS do I use more? at this point, probably still XP. But that’s
| because I haven’t rebooted my desktop in 3 months (gotta love Hibernate)
| and I have 20 windows open in XP. Do I hate using Vista? Not at all. At
| this stage in the computing life, most of my time is spent in Firefox
| and PuTTY, and they both run fine on either OS– in fact, they both run
| fine in Linux. Do I have a preference which one I use these apps in?
| Nope.
|
| [...]
|
| But Vista becoming Microsoft’s downfall? Only if Microsoft wills it.
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http://philipwen.wordpress.com/2007/08/13/xp-vista/
Dell warns of Vista upgrade challenges
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| Dell has taken the unusual step--for a PC vendor of its size--of
| toning down its sales pitch for Microsoft's Vista operating system
| and warning businesses of the migration challenges that lie ahead
| for them.
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http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/software/0,39044164,62027712,00.htm
Dell casts doubts on Vista
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| Dell today revealed that it will restore the option to use Windows XP on
| some of its home systems, marking a potentially damaging blow to
| Microsoft's hopes for the newer Windows Vista.
|
| [...]
|
| While a popular request through the company's IdeaStorm website, the
| choice was substantially outnumbered by requests for pre-installed
| Linux, US-based technical support, and other features -- pointing to a
| larger general demand for the change. The turnaround may be a reflection of
| an overall backlash against Vista, observed IDC analyst Richard Shim.
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http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/04/19/dell.casts.doubts.on.vista/
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