Warning: Hardy Heron May Cause Linux Addiction
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| The Linux blogs were abuzz with accounts of Ubuntu's newly released version,
| Hardy Heron. The distro has pushed the envelope of capabilities and appeal
| with nearly every release, and the latest version has Linux fans speculating
| that it will attract more users away from Windows.
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| [...]
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| "I've upgraded both my desktop and laptop to 8.04 Hardy Heron and it's really
| well-done," Foogazi blogger Adam Kane told LinuxInsider. "The Ubuntu and
| Canonical team are doing a great job with every release. Everyone keeps
| saying that this could be the version that launches Linux into the
| mainstream. I do believe it has the tools and the means to do so."
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/62763.html
Related:
Desktop Linux on the Rise, Linux Foundation Reports
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| For starters, almost 20,000 self-selected users filled out this year's survey
| compared with fewer than 10,000 in 2006's survey.
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| [...]
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| In those businesses and organizations that have deployed Linux desktops, 39.5
| percent are running Linux on more than half of their machines.
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2220549,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594
Linux Users Base More Than doubled Over Last One Year: Survey
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| The number of Linux users has more than doubled over the last one year, says
| a new survey by DesktopLinux.com. The survey also said Ubuntu remains their
| Linux distribution of choice.
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http://www.sda-india.com/sda_india/psecom,id,22,site_layout,sdaindia,news,19940,p,0.html
Survey: Desktop Linux use grows
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| DesktopLinux.com, which is a Web site devoted to, obviously, desktop Linux,
| has finished a survey that found more than a doubling of Linux desktop users
| in the past year.
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/techwatch/archives/013576.html
Feeling the heat at Microsoft
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| If I ask you who is Microsoft's biggest competitor now, who would it be?
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| Ballmer: Open...Linux. I don't want to say open source. Linux, certainly have
| to go with that.
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http://www.news.com/Feeling-the-heat-at-Microsoft/2008-1012_3-6232458.html?tag=ne.fd.mnbc
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