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Old 12-02-2012, 12:20 PM   #296
Andrew H.
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Nope, Linux on the desktop never happened. Funny thing is, even Linux fanboys these days don't seem to care. Hundreds of millions of people use Linux every day and don't even know it. Why not let Windows have the crumbs?
Wow, talk about moving the goalposts!

First of all, it wasn't 10 years ago - as recently as 2009, Linux proponents were making big claims (30%+ marketshare) for Linux on netbooks/nettops.

Second, the big ideological push behind linux on the desktop was to introduce it to regular consumers and free them from dependence on proprietary, expensive programs like MS or OSX...in favor of a free OS that would run on older, cheaper computers. This has been a miserable failure, and it is not ameliorated by the fact that your toaster or microwave or DVD player or other electronic device uses Linux to run.
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