On Saturday, June 08, 2013 02:54 AM, Apostolos Syropoulos wrote:
But it is of paramount importance to those running desktops!
Remember that Linux became popular because it is reliable
alternative to both Windows and MacOS as a desktop system.
Excuse me? Linux on the desktop has been and still is a goal. Maybe with
A goal? It is already there!
Ubuntu is a passable desktop and I use it. But it does not quite fit in
an office when compared with Windows or Mac OS X. Nor has it made major
in-roads in the home.
Valve making Steam on Linux a reality this might take things a bit
closer in terms of home desktops but business desktops is still a pipe
dream.
What's a business desktop? In many countries companies have abandoned
windows for Linux desktops.
Good for them. I too was going roll out Ubuntu desktops but then 9.04
happened and with it the ability to centrally manage desktop environments.
Linux is popular because it was and is a cheap, reliable alternative to
super expensive Unix and Windows
Linux is not cheap: it's free! And yes it is reliable. And that should
be the goal of Illumos etc.
A.S.
It is most assuredly not free. Unless you happen to have a really good
Linux jack of all trades admin and also a really good lot of users. Just
because you do not have to purchase licenses does not mean it is free.
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