Ubuntu Plans Eye Candy for Desktop Computers and Beyond
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| What would it take to get the hundreds of millions of desktop computer users
| to switch from Windows to Linux?
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| Low cost and armies of devoted techies have not been enough. So the people
| behind Ubuntu—a dialect of Linux— have a new idea: eye candy.
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http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/16/ubuntu-plans-eye-candy-for-desktop-computers-and-beyond/
Ubuntu gets gutsy
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| A number of people have griped about Ubuntu's default brown color-scheme, but
| it's still there with version 7.10. Of course, individuals can pick something
| else.
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http://www.news.com/2300-1016_3-6213694-1.html?part=rss&tag=6213694&subj=news
A brand-new press release announced the arrival of the O/S this Thursday.
Related and recent:
The Next Leap for Linux
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| LINUX runs the Google servers that manage billions of searches each day. It
| also runs the TiVo digital video recorder, the Motorola Razr cellphone and
| countless other electronic devices.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/04/technology/circuits/04basics.html?ex=1349150400&en=f1e147767abb91ac&ei=5124&partner=digg&exprod=digg
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