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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. Re:Think Different! by UnknowingFool · · Score: 1, Troll

    Linux needs to do the same, by doing something *different*.

    That's why many people have started using Macs. Yes, they cost more but they are the best of both worlds. They are easy to use and have the stability of *nix system. I have Windows, Linux, and a Mac at home. If I do feel the need to do anything complex, I open a terminal. I manage my Linux server from my Mac, and my Windows box has been relegated to Internet browser/game machine. Everything is done on my Mac or Linux.

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  2. What else would be on the desktop? by knewter · · Score: 1, Troll

    Yeah, so almost everyone I know runs linux on the desktop. Our entire business runs on ubuntu machines (software dev). My good friend JD runs his business (apartment mgmt.) entirely on ubuntu. Both of our houses are all ubuntu. When I have to use a windows machine, all I can do is cuss. This is true of JD's wife as well. And my friend Brandon. All of these people ran Windows until a couple of years ago, when I showed them Ubuntu for the first time. Without fail, they have all gone and installed linux on their desktop within days, and never turned back.

    Windows is awful, but you can play games on it well. Anyone who disagrees with me (about anything, really) is mentally handicapped. TYVM.

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  3. Re:Think Different! by danieltdp · · Score: 1, Troll

    Market share is too small to qualify as serious contender. I would say linux became a contender and that's it. The serious part (more than 10% share, IMO) will have to way another year

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