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When will the Linux Peguin ever take off?

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by ben.rattigan 3 views

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Will Microsoft's hold over the desktop OS continue? or will the Penguin finally take flight?

We hear so much more about Linux OS's now but yet the average consumer just isn't taking it on. Is it the retailers doing deals with MS? Is it that we are still unsure about Linux? Is it the lack of software (in particular games) that is stopping Linux from breaking free? or something else? Will the ultra mobile PC's finally give Linux the break it needs?

I think it would be nice to see some real competition again in the desktop OS market? Do you?

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by ed woychowsky

With machines like the Eee 900 and the clones, I can?t imagine how Tux is going to keep in the background. Those machines are HOT and people are now considering Linux that never even heard of it six months ago. Why do you think that Microsoft extended XP for low-end computers, they know that those very-same low-end computers will lead to high-end computers, with Linux.

Is it just me, or does that sound like the old; ?Reefer leads to heroin? speech? Ah well, from Microsoft?s perspective maybe it is.

by ben.rattigan

There does seem to be a lot of interest in the ultra mobile market which is good, my only concern is that it will either quickly die off like tablet PC's or Microsft will bully it's way in. HP and others are already pushing XP/Vista ultra mobiles.

by ed woychowsky

If somebody goes the XP route, they'll only get 12GB on the Eee 900/901. Linux users, however, will get 20 GB. The question that they need to ask themselves is, "Is XP worth 8GB?"

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