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96ukssob · 01-21-2009, 02:43 AM

hmmm, ok sure

Serial Pervert · 01-21-2009, 05:48 AM

yeah!

STR$ · 01-21-2009, 05:50 AM

not yet, maybe 2010

buzzy · 01-21-2009, 05:50 AM

I know linux lovers say "this is linux's" year every year but this year just might be it. Businesses need to cut costs and Linux is a good way for them to do that.

biggilo · 01-21-2009, 06:24 AM

With the amount of Netbooks expected to sell his year and given how good Linpus Linux is I suppose it might well be.

HorseShit · 01-21-2009, 06:25 AM

It will never happen. Most businesses buy cheap $500 computers now a days for their employees and Windows is included anyway. Not to mention most businesses environments are already Windows domain environments.

tranza · 01-21-2009, 06:27 AM

I don't think this will happen that soon!

kowalsky · 01-21-2009, 07:05 AM

2009? Too soon... I think it will happen close to 2011

Ron2k1 · 01-21-2009, 07:09 AM

The average Joe Blow user only knows how to work with windows

Horny Joe · 01-21-2009, 07:14 AM

Too much "snag" for the average user! I have tested 7-8 distros and there are always something that makes me go back to windows. Sad, but true!

Tat2Jr · 01-21-2009, 07:18 AM

"The return rate is at least four times higher for Linux netbooks than Windows XP netbooks."

http://blog.laptopmag.com/msi-wind-c...ls-coming-soon

Oh yeah! People are going crazy for Linux!

StaceyJo · 01-21-2009, 07:40 AM

Linux? Soon enough.

czarina · 01-21-2009, 07:42 AM

not until at least 2012. It takes a long time to convince people to change.

Cyandin · 01-21-2009, 08:10 AM

As much as I love *nix for server environments, there is one cardinal flaw in X that keeps me running Windows for my desktop workstation.

CONFIGURING XORG.CONF FOR DUAL MONITORS IS HELL.

Once X reaches a point where I can install my distro, install the video driver and it JUST WORKS, I'll never need to work in Windows again. Dont get me wrong, I'm very *nix proficient, but fuck - as it stands, setting up dual screen is a fucking PITA. Mind you, that's if you're working with Nvidia. ATI? Forget it.

If anyone happens to know a workaround for this, please let me know.

okok · 01-21-2009, 08:42 AM

I thought 2001 was the year of Linux?

Emil · 01-21-2009, 08:42 AM

No, this is not the year of linux. 2014 or 2015 might be it.

fuzebox · 01-21-2009, 09:07 AM

They said that about 1999 as well

fuzebox · 01-21-2009, 09:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cyandin

As much as I love *nix for server environments, there is one cardinal flaw in X that keeps me running Windows for my desktop workstation.

CONFIGURING XORG.CONF FOR DUAL MONITORS IS HELL.

Once X reaches a point where I can install my distro, install the video driver and it JUST WORKS, I'll never need to work in Windows again. Dont get me wrong, I'm very *nix proficient, but fuck - as it stands, setting up dual screen is a fucking PITA. Mind you, that's if you're working with Nvidia. ATI? Forget it.

If anyone happens to know a workaround for this, please let me know.

I always found it pretty easy, the hardest was when I had two video cards going in 1999... In recent distros though it's been a breeze using the graphical utilities that come with Fedora and Ubuntu.

acctman · 01-21-2009, 09:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by buzzy

I know linux lovers say "this is linux's" year every year but this year just might be it. Businesses need to cut costs and Linux is a good way for them to do that.

business' rarely upgrade, it cost more to switch to a new software version imagine switching OS it'll be a nightmare. yes linux is free but you have to think about the support need, 3rd party software, and training existing employees. Normally a company wont bother upgrading if everything is running fine. I still see windows NT 2000 on computers 10yrs later (i believe it came out in 1999)

Cyandin · 01-21-2009, 09:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fuzebox

I always found it pretty easy, the hardest was when I had two video cards going in 1999... In recent distros though it's been a breeze using the graphical utilities that come with Fedora and Ubuntu.

Hmmm, could you relate what card you were using, and what release of fedora/ubuntu?

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geedub · 01-21-2009, 11:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joe Doe

Too much "snag" for the average user! I have tested 7-8 distros and there are always something that makes me go back to windows. Sad, but true!

if you cant install vmware and run windows in ubuntu with several clicks of the mouse, i think you are no average user even.

shake · 01-21-2009, 01:34 PM

2009 will be the year of Open Office replacing MS office. Too expensive for companies to purchase MS office now.

mikesouth · 01-21-2009, 01:42 PM

Truth is it could have been.

I say that because the PS3 runs various versions of LINUX (I use Ubuntu). The PS3 is a powerful piece of hardware but Sony has chosen NOT to allow access to the GPU, making it perform extremely poorly with the GUI apps like GNOME.

Had Sony allowed access to the graphics hardware Linux could have gotten a much better foothold, as it is its like buying a Ferrari that wont go more than 55MPH

WiredGuy · 01-21-2009, 02:54 PM

I would agree from a server point of view, paying $20-40/mn surcharges on Windows servers is gonna take a hit directly to bottom lines, but I don't see this shift happening on the consumer market.
WG

Ace_luffy · 01-21-2009, 06:18 PM

not really , windows still in the lead

because 98% computer owners in china still using pirated Windows and othe Microsoft products...

cool

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