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Linux to Become #2 on the Desktop?

Posted by michael on from the tell-me-something-i-don't-know dept.

DiZASTiX writes "An article from Zdnet says Linux on the desktop has become a reality. It is now possible, for example, to buy a Linux-based PC (running LindowsOS) from Evesham. In the United States, Wal-Mart sells machines based on Lindows, Mandrake Linux and others. But though Linux may have its foot in the door, taking the next step to becoming a mainstream success is proving a more difficult proposition."

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  1. Slow News Year Already? by belloc · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    We're three days into the new year, and the editors had to play the "Linux on the Desktop?" card already?

    If I see a "Death of the Internet" article tomorrow, I'll start planning for the apocalypse.

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  2. Re:too late by LoudMusic · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    What the fuck is wrong with you GOD DAMN MAC BIGGOTS! You can not compare a fucking three thousand dollar computer to a four hundred dollar computer! People want their shit CHEAP.

    Apple may have 'their foot in the door' with OS X, but they're not gaining as many customers as WAL-FUCKING-MART. If Apple were to partner with Walmart (when hell freezes over ...) then they'd have something. But the masses are dirt ass poor and half of them don't even know who Apple is.

    Get your head out of your upper-middle-class ass and snap back to reality.

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