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Where's GNU/Linux Usage Headed?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the where-will-the-madness-end dept.

deego writes: "Here are the plots of GNU/Linux number of users, on a regular scale , and on a log scale . Though projections have no real bearing on what actually turns out to be the numbers, they are fun :). The final projections from the two plots would seem to be a bit different to the naked eye. So, is GNU/Linx usage asymptotically headed towards, say 'all users' (first plot), or 'half a billion users' (second plot)?"

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  1. Re:Hooray for open formats... by netsharc · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    PS is no way a proprietary file format, but yes, there's no built-in viewer in Windows. I'd like to think that's MS's fault, oh come on they can claim their OS can view HTML, Macromedia Flash, AVIs, MPEGs, etc etc, but not a PS file?

    Try Gsview for Windows, but true, it won't do you much good if you have no control of your system.. Bill Gates has control of it.

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  2. there's no built-in viewer for GNU/Linux either by Trepidity · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Unless your distribution happens to install GhostView by default, which mine doesn't.

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    1. Re:there's no built-in viewer for GNU/Linux either by gimpboy · · Score: 2, Offtopic

      or use imagemagik:

      $convert bob.ps bob.jpg

      it comes with most distros.

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  3. Re: This byte-opera soaps by noshellswill · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Oh boo-hoo-hooo oh weird ... oh crash boo-hoo-hooo fact is no respectable Lusr gives a crap if WinX crashes every 24 hours - nor should they. Only whiny weenie dweezles got watery eyeballs over a consumer product (WinX) that runs continuously for 24 hours without a refill. Try doing that with a quart of ice-creme or a car, byteboyz ...