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Originally Posted by HansTWN
Linux have been dreaming that dream for ages,
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True, there was a time a decade or so ago when as each new year dawned someone would proudly christen it the "Year of the Linux Desktop". Thing is, while everyone was staring at the Linux desktop pot waiting for it to boil over (obviously, it never did), Linux was quietly taking over the rest of the world. Today Windows is firmly caged in a stagnating desktop niche market, surrounded by a sea of Linux/Unix devices -- from smartphones (both Android and iOS are Unix) to Linux-based ereaders to
Linux satellites,
network routers, TiVos,
Hollywood special effects shops,
the world's fastest super-computers, GPSes and navigation systems, the
Large Hadron Collider....
And, oh yeah, something called
the Internet.
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?