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Does the Linux desktop need to be popular?

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on · 12 comments
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Does Linux desktop even need to be popular? There are, shall we say, differing options among the open source cognoscenti gathered in Portland, Oregon this week for the annual LinuxCon. For the last eight years, we've been told it's the year of the Linux desktop. Yet penetration figures have remained somewhere in the region of 0 to 1 per cent. The top brass at the Linux Foundation don't seem particularly interested in desktop uptake these days. They prefer to press towards successes in end-user device and mobile phone markets rather than worrying about turning hearts against Windows and OS X.

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Comments (12)

flufferbeer ·
Sure looks likes its LinuxCon-troversial at that. I hope that they can agree on a significant SOMETHING!
Steven_Rosenber ·
You might call it a sudo-conference
bigg ·
*Grabbing a cane to pull Steven Rosenberg off the stage*
tuxchick ·
owww steve ow ow.
gus3 ·
Bad pun! No cookie!
montezuma ·
sudo apt-get purge rosenberg-joke
Scott_Ruecker ·
sudo-conference? oh stop him before he goes root again...lol
Steven_Rosenber ·
Will you reconsider on the cookie?
gus3 ·
Only if you apologize.

(Notice I didn't say for what.)
gus3 ·
Okay, here's your persistent-HTTP-state-info.

*toss*

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