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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. I dont think I ever heard somebody so happy to say by rock_climbing_guy · · Score: 0, Funny

    Look at me! Look at me! I'm #2

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  2. I believe it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I have been comparing Linux to #2 for years.

  3. MOD PARENT DOWN! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    The parent post dares to speak the truth about the lack of quality about X Windows! The Linux community cannot have anything but gushing praise for even the most second-rate applications. As such, I demand this parent post to be modded down immediately, and the poster think about his heinous crime!

  4. Re:Linux as No. 2 by RobertTaylor · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe this news will make Apple seriously consider releasing OS X for the x86 platform.

    Yeah, as apple.com base major decisions on 'oooh look what I read on slashdot'.

  5. Re:Right. by ThrasherTT · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think he meant the big AmigaOS comeback...

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  6. The three (?) things that suck... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    sucky mouse cursors
    screwy anti-aliasing
    shitty fonts
    buggy alpha channels

    Three!

  7. Re:Isn't this title silly? by outsider007 · · Score: 5, Funny

    You said it buddy.

    not even mentioning that the average lindows installation lasts about 15 minutes before it's replaced with a pirated version of XP.

    you can't get accurate numbers from sales. maybe from browser stats.

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  8. Re:Right. by austus · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hurd will be the next big thing. GUI's are just a phase. CLI rules.

  9. The question is.... by Dark+Lord+Seth · · Score: 2, Funny

    Do we really want Linux to be mainstream? Imagine Bonzi Buddy for Linux, the first email with attachments starting with #!/bin/sh, etcetera.. Do we really want that?

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  10. PROOF AT LAST!!!! by shaitand · · Score: 3, Funny

    Linux is easy enough to use as a desktop OS in the southern states! surely this is proof that any idiot can use it!

  11. Re:too late by Ponty · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's about the rejection of bathing, goddamn it. Geeks will never go for Mac OS X because of Aqua; that's a concept that's just *too* traumatic.

  12. Oh no, number two jokes. by twitter · · Score: 3, Funny
    What else would be number 2 on the desktop?

    I don't know, it's been a long time since I ran an M$ O$. Here is a good run down of Number Two:

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    Friends don't help friends install M$ junk.

  13. Re:X-Windows ... eww, smelly by lvdrproject · · Score: 3, Funny
    Err, because the first thing you read in the X Windows System documentation is what it is called... Sooooooo, how much of an expert on X can you be if you haven't read the first page of the manual?

    Heh. Mission failed.