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Linux keeps dying
crunchgear.com - 1/27/2009
Linux keeps dying
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Hey guys! Guess what! It’s another post about how Windows is kicking the crap out of Linux! Robin Harris over at ZDNet asserts that “Microsoft has kicked Linux to the curb, claiming an 80% attach rate for netbooks.” Wow! Harris goes on to claim “Windows 7 is the ...

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Acer plans Linux, SSD version of 10-inch netbook
news.zdnet.co.uk - 1/29/2009
Acer plans Linux, SSD version of 10-inch netbook
— news.zdnet.co.uk — David Meyer ZDNet.co.uk Published: 29 Jan 2009 12:10 GMT Acer has confirmed it plans to release a Linux version of its 10-inch Aspire One netbook, even though its initial announcement of the upcoming machine said it would be Windows XP-only. Acer ... (more) Acer plans Linux, SSD version of 10-inch netbook

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obsessable.com - 1/23/2009
Watch Lost online with Boxee's new ABC.com channel
— obsessable.com — Watch Lost online -- but not in HD and not on Windows and not on Apple TV. What does that leave? Macs and Linux. Works for me. (more) Watch Lost online with Boxee's new ABC.com channel

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blogs.zdnet.com - 1/26/2009
Windows kicks Linux to the curb
— blogs.zdnet.com — Gosh, that didn’t take long! Last July Linux had a huge opportunity to beat Windows in the red-hot netbook market (see Linux for housewives. XP for geeks. ). But faster than I’d expected Microsoft has kicked Linux to the curb, claiming an ... (more) Windows kicks Linux to the curb

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Will Windows 7 Put a Dent in Linux Growth? [Ask The Readers]
Lifehacker — ... . To summate why many pundits see the promising growth of Linux slowing: Again, as CrunchGear points out , the stories of Linux's death have been greatly exaggerated and re-told many times before, and the idea of a legion of open-source innovators just giving up their work's ideology and grabbing Windows Live subscriptions is a non-sequitur. But we do have to wonder: Could a resurgent Windows keep Linux, at least for the time being, as a true hobbyist's desktop? If Linux did/does grow through the netbook market, would average consumers start caring a lot less about having a ...

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