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For those that decry the constant prediction of the “year of the Linux desktop” I am happy to say that next year Linux may actually ship on more desktops than Windows or the Mac. That is right, I said next year. What is driving this? Two words: fast [...]
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Linux Shipping (in Stealth Mode) on More Desktops
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... The Linux Foundation's executive director, Jim Zemlin, pondered the idea that next year Linux may ship on more desktops than Windows or Mac. He cites a New York Times ...
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GigaOM Network —
... The Linux Foundation's executive director, Jim Zemlin, pondered the idea that next year Linux may ship on more desktops than Windows or Mac. He cites a New York Times ...
Linux Headed For More PCs Than Windows
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So you think Windows is the master of the PC? The man in the penguin suit would like to formally disagree with that statement. Linux will ship on more PCs next year than Microsoft Windows, but not as the core operating system. Instead, it will be used to boot computers, particularly notebooks, faster. That's the prediction of Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux foundation, in a blog posted Wednesday. In making his forecast, Zemlin ...
Linux: Coming soon to a Windows laptop near you
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... The Linux Foundation's Jim Zemlin provides an interesting twist on the most cutting-edge Windows machines from Dell, HP, and others: they're all running Linux. ...
Linux to out ship Windows by next year … maybe not!
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... Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation, makes what I think is a very bold statement : For those that decry the constant prediction of the “year of the Linux desktop” I am happy to say that next year Linux may actually ship on more desktops than Windows or the Mac. That is right, I said next year. What is driving this? Two words: fast boot. Matt Richtell of the New York Times wrote a great ...
Linux “fast boot”; coming to Windows laptops
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... The Linux Foundation’s Jim Zemlin provides an interesting twist on the most cutting-edge Windows machines from Dell, Hewlett-Packard, and others: they’re all running Linux. ...
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... for Canonical. Still, things are looking good for Linux Rackspace is the expert when it comes to delivering Windows and Linux hosting solutions. Click here to learn more. in general -- so good, in fact, that the Linux Foundation's Jim Zemlin recently predicted that Linux may actually ship on more desktop PCs than Windows or Mac next year, thanks largely to its speedy boot time. There we have it -- so *next* year will be the Year of Linux on the Desktop ... ! Ha! That's funny. Seriously, though, Zemlin's comments inspired widespread thought and discussion across the blogs, ...
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We already had the year of the Linux desktop
blogs.computerworld.com 12/30/2008 — You may not see it, but we've already had several years of the Linux desktop. In fact, if you think about it, almost all of you, even those of you who would never leave Windows, are already using Linux desktop applications every day.
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Novell Turns Linux Desktop Setback Into Victory
thevarguy.com 10/30/2008 — When Lenovo de-emphasized Novell SUSE Linux on ThinkPads, some skeptics thought it was a serious setback for desktop Linux and Novell’s own open source efforts. The VAR Guy knew better. Fact is, Lenovo was bolstering its Novell relationship in two ...
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