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Desktop Linux Share Overtaking Macintosh
prostoalex writes "Business Week magazine is optimistic about desktop Linux's future, telling a story of Capital Cardiology Associates, whose 160 employees migrated to Linux desktops. Furthermore, Business Week expects IDC to announce desktop Linux installations to reach 3.2%, for the first time overtaking Macintosh market share. By 2007, IDC forecasts, Linux will be installed on 6% of the desktops. It's also worth mentioning that desktop Linux market share for 2002 was 2.8% and that year it was behind Apple's operating system."
I'm switching to Linux on Sunday. I'm still undecided which distro, although I'm looking at either Debian or SuSE. Suggestions?
I know that your distro of choice is very good, I'm looking for suggestions, not trolling.
Mod "Overrated" instead of replying "I disagree with you," you coward.
...KDE is beautiful on this POS Toshiba Laptop I have.
Jaysyn
There is a war going on for your mind.
And you were modded down indeed, as well as your parent post. If only people were not stupid and try to respond to arguments instead of marking a post they disagree with as "troll" or "flamebait".
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"Find me a consumer grade PC worth anywhere near this that was built in 1999"
Of course that won't happen. We payed less then and its worth less now, as is to be expected with x86 hardware. If you're only buying things so they stay valuable with time, I'd recommend diamonds, or maybe collecting antiques. I'd rather have something functional and cheap, and if the hardware is even less expensive 5 years down the line? great. that means if I need to replace something it won't cost an arm and my soul.
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The Mac is more like an Audi - although it may not boast any more features than a Ford, it's better thought out and it's more likely to just work.
Wow... that has certainly NOT been my experience with Audis. Any of the other 2 or 3 unfortunate souls out there who ever owned a 5000S can probably relate... Gad! That car nearly drove me to the insane asylum and poorhouse in the same trip.
That said, I agree with your assessment of the RedHat desktop... I've been using it, continue to use it, and like it
I keep windows around, but strictly for gaming.
Even if a man chops off your hand with a sword, you still have two nice, sharp bones to stick in his eyes.
If you look at the reliability reports at consumerreports.org you'll see that while audis and jaguars are expensive they are not reliable. And while audi and VW are german, they are not reliable.
Reliability by brand goes:
audi is way down near the middle with VW. All of the american makes are middle to low and jaguar is one of the worst, together with cadilac.. ... ever.
Price doesn't mean shit. You don't "get what you pay for"
You either research and reap the fruits of your research or you get lucky or you get ripped off.
Buying an audi or jaguar or cadilac without being absolutely clear that they will break and be expensive to fix is stupid. You are delusional if you think just because you paid a lot they are good cars.
The same goes for any other purchase, so stop this bullshit about how apple computers are better because they are more expensive.
Liberty.
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