2009: The year of Linux

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  • buzzy
    Confirmed User
    • May 2007
    • 2606

    #1

    2009: The year of Linux

  • 96ukssob
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    • Mar 2003
    • 12991

    #2
    hmmm, ok sure
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    • Serial Pervert
      Confirmed User
      • Mar 2008
      • 2666

      #3
      yeah!

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      • STR$
        Confirmed User
        • Aug 2008
        • 5645

        #4
        not yet, maybe 2010

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        • buzzy
          Confirmed User
          • May 2007
          • 2606

          #5
          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.

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          • biggilo
            Registered User
            • Jul 2007
            • 87

            #6
            With the amount of Netbooks expected to sell his year and given how good Linpus Linux is I suppose it might well be.

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            • HorseShit
              Too lazy to set a custom title
              • Dec 2004
              • 17513

              #7
              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.

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              • tranza
                ICQ: 197-556-237
                • Jun 2003
                • 57559

                #8
                I don't think this will happen that soon!
                I'm just a newbie.

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                • kowalsky
                  Confirmed User
                  • Oct 2003
                  • 2494

                  #9
                  2009? Too soon... I think it will happen close to 2011
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                  • Ron2k1
                    Confirmed User
                    • Sep 2001
                    • 1573

                    #10
                    The average Joe Blow user only knows how to work with windows

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                    • Horny Joe
                      Confirmed User
                      • Jul 2004
                      • 2661

                      #11
                      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!
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                      • Tat2Jr
                        Confirmed User
                        • Feb 2001
                        • 4882

                        #12
                        "The return rate is at least four times higher for Linux netbooks than Windows XP netbooks."

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                        • StaceyJo
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                          • Mar 2008
                          • 8960

                          #13
                          Linux? Soon enough.
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                          • czarina
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                            • Jul 2002
                            • 10751

                            #14
                            not until at least 2012. It takes a long time to convince people to change.

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                            • Cyandin
                              Confirmed User
                              • Aug 2008
                              • 1723

                              #15
                              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.

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                              • okok
                                Confirmed User
                                • Jan 2003
                                • 502

                                #16
                                I thought 2001 was the year of Linux?

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                                • Emil
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • Feb 2007
                                  • 5656

                                  #17
                                  No, this is not the year of linux. 2014 or 2015 might be it.
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                                  • fuzebox
                                    making it rain
                                    • Oct 2003
                                    • 22379

                                    #18
                                    They said that about 1999 as well

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                                    • fuzebox
                                      making it rain
                                      • Oct 2003
                                      • 22379

                                      #19
                                      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.

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                                      • acctman
                                        Confirmed User
                                        • Oct 2003
                                        • 2840

                                        #20
                                        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)

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                                        • Cyandin
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Aug 2008
                                          • 1723

                                          #21
                                          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
                                            Confirmed User
                                            • Jun 2005
                                            • 3489

                                            #22
                                            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!
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                                            • shake
                                              frc
                                              • Jul 2003
                                              • 4663

                                              #23
                                              2009 will be the year of Open Office replacing MS office. Too expensive for companies to purchase MS office now.
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                                              • mikesouth
                                                Confirmed User
                                                • Jun 2003
                                                • 6340

                                                #24
                                                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
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                                                • WiredGuy
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                                                  • Aug 2002
                                                  • 34517

                                                  #25
                                                  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.
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                                                  • Ace_luffy
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                                                    • Feb 2005
                                                    • 12170

                                                    #26
                                                    not really , windows still in the lead

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

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