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2009, Year of the Linux Delusion

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the feed-the-trolls dept.

gadgetopia writes "An article has come out claiming (yet again) that 2009 will be the year of Linux, and bases this prediction on the fact that low-power ARM processors will be in netbooks which won't have enough power to run Windows, but then says these new netbooks will be geared to 'web only' applications which suits Linux perfectly. And, oh yeah, Palm might save Linux, too." The article goes on to skewer the year of Linux thing that seems to show up on pretty much every tech news site throughout December and January as lazy editors round out their year with softball trolling stories and "Year End Lists." We should compile a year-end list about this :)

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  1. 2003 by mcgrew · · Score: 0, Redundant

    2003 was the year of "Linux on the desktop".

    In my house, anyway.

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  2. Re:Criterions? by corbettw · · Score: 0, Redundant

    What are the criteria for it to be the year of Linux?

    Just an FYI, the plural of "criterion" is "criteria", not "criterions".

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  3. Re:Think Different! by Hatta · · Score: 0, Redundant

    OS X has a real command line, so that alone puts it ahead of Windows.

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