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The age of the Linux desktopThe age of the Linux desktopPosted Jun 26, 2003 2:50 UTC (Thu) by dwalters (guest, #4207)Parent article: The age of the Linux desktop When I can order a Dell workstation or laptop PC on-line, and "Red Hat" or "Suse" is listed in the drop-down list box as one of the operating system choices, I believe we will have truly arrived at "the age of the Linux desktop". C'mon Dell, what are you waiting for!
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The age of the Linux desktop Posted Jun 26, 2003 19:07 UTC (Thu) by asburke (guest, #5091) [Link] what you envision is precisely what cannothappen because MS is a monopoly and will not permit it. Unfortunately, in the short run, but fortunately in the long run, folks must choose Mac or Linux or MS, not all. It some point of critical mass, folks will abandon MS in large numbers and then your vision will come about.
The age of the Linux desktop Posted Jun 29, 2003 22:43 UTC (Sun) by barryn (subscriber, #5996) [Link] For Dell, this is already the case in at least some markets. For instance, look at this:http://www.dell.com/us/en/hied/topics/sbtopic_360_precn_kat.htm
The age of the Linux desktop Posted Jul 3, 2003 16:16 UTC (Thu) by mmarq (guest, #2332) [Link] Have no illusions:In 2005 there aint gonna be choice for commom users between Windows or Linux or other OS for the same machine!... as you ca see in the URLs down, plans are going to http://www.aaxnet.com/editor/edit029.html#palladium MAKE A WINDOWS ONLY MACHINE, THAT WOULDNT BOOT OTHER OSes !... This Giga report is obnoxious in the sense that it hides the truth, playing with an plausible carefull opinion... of course the "FRITZ" chip by itself wont stop anyone from installing Linux... BUT FORGET ABOUT MEDIA PALYERS, .NET TRUSTED (.NOT) M$ ENABLED SITES, VMWARE OR WINE TO RUN M$ TRUSTED APPLICATIONS( including OFFICE)... have no illusions.. Also Dell, HP,etc... are not leaders in the "PERSONAL" COMPUTER business, they are followers: Infortunately i dont have a URl to show, but i almost can make a bet that i saw an article somewhere (reliable) that stated that 60% off all PC in the world were from "WHITE" lines...so... PRE-INSTALLED LINUX FROM BIG BRANDS IS NOT THAT IMPORTANT FOR A LONG TIME !...WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT IS HARDWARE DRIVER SUPPORT !... And that is the real trick!... how the driver model in Linux is going to evolve to permit the industry support near to that of Windows without collapsing the Linux kernel under is own weight !!... HARDWARE DRIVERS IN THE FORM OF KERNEL ONLY LOADABLE MODULES ARE DEAD !... ..or is that hard to imagine a kernel that offers similar hardware support than Windows but witch sources are near 1 Gig, and took 4, 5 or 6 years to get to the stable series ??.
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