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Why Linux has come of age
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| Enter various shades of Linux with Asus choosing Xandros, Acer getting cosy
| with Linpus and Dell sticking to its tried and trusted Ubuntu distro. The low
| cost, high stability and ease of use appears to have now reached the right
| levels for major brands to take a risk.
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| And that risk should pay off for both parties - Linux is gaining mainstream
| exposure in record numbers and the brands are getting netbooks onto the
| market with features and prices never before possible.
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http://darrenyates.techlogg.com/?p=71
Why Linux won the popularity contest and FreeBSD didn’t
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| This isn’t to say that FreeBSD isn’t successful, it is. And of course Solaris
| is very successful. But the question is who has won the hearts and minds of
| those seeking an alternative OS. Consumer orientated PC companies like Dell
| now ship Linux on some of their hardware, this kind of thing doesn’t happen
| for FreeBSD or OpenSolaris.
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http://www.hitechsquad.com/2008/09/04/why-linux-won-the-popularity-contest-and-freebsd-didn%E2%80%99t/
That's not entirely true. They grow /together/, e.g. with Compiz, KDE4, ZFS.
It's down to drivers and other factors.
Recent:
Linux in mainstream culture
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| Even if people are not comfortable with the idea, Linux is beginning to
| become more mainstream than we imagine. The production of machines such as
| the Asus EEE, Dell’s selling of Ubuntu-powered machines, Acer’s computers
| running on Linpus and now we have HP with small notebooks which run Linux —
| these have all helped in making it more known to the general public.
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http://www.newlinuxuser.com/linux-in-mainstream-culture/
When Linux gets cited as a matter of course, it’s truly gone mainstream
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| In the Linux console, if you enter the following commands, you can learn the
| secrets of a political dirty trick
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/Murphy/?p=1231
Mainstream U.S. Media Discovers Ubuntu Linux
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| The VAR Guy was flipping though his Sunday morning paper when he spotted an
| article about Ubuntu Linux. He took a few more sips of coffee to perk up and
| make sure his eyes weren’t deceiving him. Sure enough, Ubuntu had made the
| leap into the mainstream media — earning coverage in Newsday, the eight
| largest newspaper in the nation. Has Ubuntu reached its tipping point with
| consumers?
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http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/03/09/mainstream-media-discovers-ubuntu-linux/
Related:
The Buzz Word Today Is Change
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| Maybe that's one of the reasons Linux has taken off in the last year; maybe
| it's the people's hunger for change that's driving companies like Dell and
| Sears to package Linux integrated computers. It might be that people are
| growing tired of expensive proprietary software that never works, provides
| poor support, is devoid of expansive, contributing communities, forces them
| to purchase new hardware sooner than they would like, and forces them to wait
| years between releases.
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| [...]
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| With some hope, people are realizing how much choice is out there. These
| choices help to force the big software vendors to reduce their prices, help
| to bring about change and innovation, help to put money back into the pockets
| of computer users every where.
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http://linuxhow2.com/News/The_Buzz_Word_Today_Is_Change.html
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