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> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> Linux on the desktop: itâs so good itâs boring
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>> | I believe that at this point there no use
>> | anymore in asking the question âIs Linux ready
>> | for the desktop?â. It is, and it works so well
>> | itâs boring.
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>> http://celettu.wordpress.com/2009/12/22/linux-on-the-desktop-its-so-good-
> its-boring/
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> 32% of all netbooks - some 11 million of them are
> Linux netbooks - so Linux is now global mainstream
> product in netbook Linux Desktops.
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> 2009 was 'The year of Linux'?!
>
> You are right about the boring bit.
> These days everything works out of the box
> and its hard to create a fault to do some
> repair work.
The uptake of sub-notebooks is expected to accelerate next year (70 million IIRC)
and Linux is said to be _gaining_ share, especially thanks to ARMs and a fat
operating system (Vista 7) that raised the price of sub-notebooks and comes in
a crippled form ("Starter").
Windows revenue was down 40% in the last quarter.
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~~ Best of wishes
The steady state of disks is full. - Ken Thompson
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