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Debian And The Rise of Linux

Posted by Hemos on from the apt-get-reinvention dept.

There's an article in this month's LinMagAu that asks a question about how the rise of Linux will impact Debian and what that could mean. Good article, especially interesting if you have been a fan of Debian.

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  1. Is the article really focusing on Debian by Unominous+Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Doesn't anybody find the first paragraph of the article a bit optimistic?

    By mid 2004 at the latest Linux will be a serious contender on the average desktop.

    Whooah! Slow down there, buddy. We have a decent OS going, but it still lacks a few things which won't come easy (fonts, easy configuration, changing resolution, unified base)

    Then the author continues,

    The downfall of Windows won't be imminent (that will take another couple of years at least)

    Now he's predicting that Linux will cause the downfall of Windows in just a couple of years?!

    To me, this seems more "interesting" than his assertion that Linux needs a unified installation base, and whatever he may have had to say about Debian (I didn't read the article).

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  2. Re:I like the wording of that.. by loginx · · Score: 0, Troll

    Debian is better for corp usage then the "corp" distros.

    So I can just call 1-800-DEBIAN4ME and tell them xyz won't run and my clients are yelling at me and they'll take a look at it and help me fix the problem?

    Does that also mean I can take my well-earned vacation in August and if there's a problem with any of the servers, my boss can call 1-800-DEBIAN4ME and tell them there's a problem and they'll try to fix it for him?

    You're right... it is pretty cool

    oh..wait...