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- Dongvid, on 12/27/2008, -12/+329Because I used it in 2008?
- jaygeeze, on 12/28/2008, -12/+209I mean no disrespect to you Linux guys and gals out there, but these sensationalist/speculative articles aren't helping encourage people to switch over to Linux. The normal, mainstream individual does not even know about KDE4, cloud computing, and doesn't care about Netbooks. They care about user interface and not having to install something through the command line and hardware/software compatibility (and yes, using WINE is kind of cheating). They care about customer support and documentation. You wonder why Ubuntu is a popular distro (even though we call Ubuntu users noobs, but that's just it, a majority of the people in the market for computers *are* noobs) - it's because they focus on these things. We need more articles that advocate and share these improvements, not a geeky list saying people will be switching over because of the cloud.
- Hellman109, on 12/28/2008, -13/+200Another year, another "year of Linux" story.
*yawn* - fuse13, on 12/28/2008, -3/+127i predict 2009 will be a year of stories predicting linux predictions.
- HondaWang, on 12/28/2008, -9/+128#1 Reason: You lost all your money in 2008, and you can't afford to buy an OS.
- LnghrnEngineer, on 12/28/2008, -32/+110Wait doesn't linux fanboys say this every year? Remember kiddies Linux is only free if your time is worthless.
- hafniOum, on 12/27/2008, -7/+70Still unsure about KDE... sure it's a nice Interface... but I prefer Gnome! But this is what I like with Linux is the freedom of choice.
- jhsnowboard, on 12/27/2008, -31/+88Because Linux is free and works?
- ArthurSucks, on 12/27/2008, -4/+60And 2007.
- badqat, on 12/28/2008, -17/+70I'll be using it for web servers...just like I was in 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008.
But I'll still be using OS X as my desktop/laptop OS. - inactive, on 12/28/2008, -4/+56Aka, 2009 is the year of Linux?
Really. How does this stuff keep reaching the front page? As a fellow Linux user, bloggers, SHUT THE ***** UP! - Cl1mh4224rd, on 12/28/2008, -1/+48Because 2009 is The Year of the Linux Desktop! We mean it this time!
- peestandingup, on 12/28/2008, -9/+55*Fingers in ears* "LA LA LA LA LA LA LA"
-Typical Linux User - EnderMB, on 12/28/2008, -6/+48There's one thing I hate about New Year, and that's the infamous "Year of Linux" articles.
- shoppingkart, on 12/28/2008, -7/+43Because penguins are cooler than flags or fruits. Literally.
- mikeophile, on 12/28/2008, -3/+39My mom was a penguin.
- Yarkz, on 12/28/2008, -3/+38And 2006
- oMeSSiaHo, on 12/28/2008, -3/+34And 2005.
- navghtivs, on 12/28/2008, -3/+27Since 1995.
- Dumbledorito, on 12/28/2008, -1/+24"When is the year of the Linux Desktop, grampa?"
"Why, EVERY year is the year of the Linux desktop, Billy!" - greenlight2001, on 12/28/2008, -3/+25When I first started using it, I remember having to balance my laptop on the head of the dinosaur I was riding during install.
- crazyjake, on 12/28/2008, -2/+23i remember back when i was using Ubuntu 0.10 Primordial Protozoa!
- inactive, on 12/28/2008, -4/+25sorry I don't trust "the Cloud"
- TrevorPace, on 12/28/2008, -0/+20I haven't met any linux user that has managed to get a virus.
I'm sure it's possible...but it's probably just not that exciting writing a virus for a user base that can probably figure out what it is. - takatoo, on 12/28/2008, -4/+24Because it finally supports my wireless dongle.
/warbait - mikeophile, on 12/28/2008, -7/+25My time isn't free. I charge $80/hour to use Linux when I fix Windows machines.
- HimThatSpeaks, on 12/28/2008, -5/+22The pictures look pretty but the reality of open source is it is not click and work, or drag and drop. There are always like five or more steps. First download this, type this into the command line, download these three files, change your drive to, type this into the next prompt... Oh it didn't work because you have "X" hardware on your system, (brief glimmer of hope as you think you found support for it), only to find out there is not a stable version of what you need. You feel happy when it actually works but then a week down the road you come to terms with feeling frustrated that it keeps on crashing. The year of Linux will not come because the public wants things to be a bit easier. Myself included. "Download, double click, and program works. Done." There may be a variant of Linux working that way but the supporting applications and other third party software do not have the support to make the overall experience a cohesive whole unit that is easy enough for the majority of the public.
Linux could be a dominate force if someone, some company, packaged Linux already on the system with all the other productivity software and then had a dedicated developer base committed to ease of use. Call it something new, but have it work as one neat package, sorry to say, like Apple. Apple's success is not in the superiority of their product but in the packaging of products, both exterior and interior, and support for applications. It is one cohesive unit. The iPod and iPhone working seamlessly is also a perk. That is what the public wants. The reality is the public does not want a new interesting toy to configure. They do not have the time or experience. They just want a piece of equipment that works in a way that makes sense to them. In addition to that, users will find out that quickly the distributed processing model, working on applications across the internet, sucks. You find that out when your connection speeds away from your home are horrible, if you have connection, and you can hardly accomplish tasks at productive speeds. - etherreal, on 12/28/2008, -11/+28I am so stealing this line.
- inactive, on 12/28/2008, -2/+18Could it be lack of woman.
- Sinjinx, on 12/28/2008, -5/+20Until this article says "you can now run games on our new directx equivalent that has been adopted by all the major developers," I will not pay attention to this...
- gilbert42989, on 12/28/2008, -9/+23then Windows costs well over what you have to pay for it in the store. I've spent more time trying just to make Windows work than i have on trying to make a Linux distro work.
- ExRe, on 12/28/2008, -0/+14Ironically, on the same page in the related articles link:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10126080-16.html ... - KennMac, on 12/28/2008, -2/+16@Cl1mh4224rd
Why are you blaming Linux for hardware manufacturers who have been lax on writing Linux compatible drivers and firmware? Most of the problems you mentioned, including your wireless problems are because of manufacturers (Broadcom) who refuse assign resources to Linux projects and continue to force the community to work around their proprietary drivers. And with that said, the community has come a LONG way by reverse engineering many of those needed drivers and making them work, which is precisely why your wireless works on 8.10. No thanks to Broadcom.
Instead of criticizing Linux, you should be criticizing those standing in the way of its progression. - hartley, on 12/28/2008, -2/+15Your right. But most users wont even upgrade their current OS until they are forced to. (by buying a new system with a new OS on it) Look how many people are still running XP or Tiger.
My gf's laptop recently died (dead mobo) so I needed to throw together a quick computer for her to use around the house. Because of hardware issues I needed to put linux on there. (no internal drives, and didnt feel like testing out if vista can really be installed on an external drive or not that night.)
Although she has used my linux laptop many times, she still feels more comfortable with the xp interface. so i got a theme from gnome look, took off one of the panel bars, arranged it like xp, and shes been fine. she can find everything in the menus, and being the "average user" she rarely uses more than firefox, open office, a media player, and picture viewer. for those other little programs, we're cheating and using wine. in case of emergency i installed a xp system on virtualbox just in case theres some windows only program that she must run for college.
after a month of using this box, her only complaint is that she still prefers MS Office over Open Office. she doesn't care how these things work, shes just happy that they do work. imo linux as a desktop system is finally to that point.
while setting all of this up might have taken a little bit more than the average user can handle, so is reformatting and installing windows.
after writing this, im halfway wondering what she would think of the linuxmint gnome interface. there's a distro that's almost as easy to run as a new user would be on a mac. - dawndaemon, on 12/28/2008, -2/+14Dinosaur? Heh, you were a late adopter ;)
- inactive, on 12/28/2008, -0/+11December 2009 - Reflections of the Linux Adoption
'We told them not to run as root... They didn't feel like entering their password to install software, and those that coped would do anything for free smileys... It wasn't pretty' - FKnight, on 12/28/2008, -1/+12MacOS doesn't run Linux, n00b.
- venomoushealer, on 12/28/2008, -0/+11That's a really good point...
*uninstalls Windows and pees on installer CD* - kedohmen, on 12/28/2008, -4/+14ITS HERE! After all those fake "Year of Linux" in the past the true year of Linux is here, HaZa! Let us all rejoice!!!!
- inactive, on 12/28/2008, -1/+11OpenGL is not a joke or an alternative (came first, Windows 95 used it for screensavers) - It may not have as good implementations as DirectX, but it's not Linux specific and it's very powerful - and more extensible than DirectX...
It's not headed anywhere thanks to Khronos Group but NVidia users can expierence DirectX 10-level effects including Shader Model 4, at the very least. Called G80 extensions. I got them working and they're pretty nice. However, without having a widely implemented OpenGL standard, it's unlikely to catch on even a little. - inactive, on 12/28/2008, -1/+11If you got a laptop preloaded with Ubuntu, Dell should provide support for it.
- twiztidsinz, on 12/28/2008, -0/+10back in the day OpenGL was the best.
- clarious, on 12/28/2008, -2/+12For some reasons, messing with Arch Linux in 7 hours has teach me more than 5 years poking around with windows. And my time is not worthless if I can gain knowledge.
- inactive, on 12/28/2008, -1/+11Exactly they are over priced and under powered... They have virus's despite what everyone says. So what exactly is the advantage? There is none.
Not to mention some people build there own computers, I dont feel like modding my PC to run an OS... - vincentweber, on 12/28/2008, -1/+10First you say that people do not care about KDE4 but they do care about user interfaces... Well isn't KDE4 a user interface? I had many people "Wow" at my KDE4 desktop...
Your commandline arguments are totally out of the question and so pre 2006.
How is Wine cheating? Wine is not NT... Wine just translates DirectX functions to OpenGL and other functions to other Linux counterparts. If you install Wine you don't have DirectX installed and working or anything. Besides... Applications are replaceable but games are not. Just as much as you need emulators like Dosbox and alike to play pre-Windows stuff on your Windows box, Linux gamers need Wine for pre-Linux stuff.
And how about the mainstream not caring about netbooks? The 'computer n00bs' make up for the largest percentage of the netbook buyers.
Your post sounds uninformed and uneducated. - unrealmp3, on 12/28/2008, -0/+9You're so 2004.
- eldridgea, on 12/28/2008, -2/+11Dang it, I came here to post that!
- pHreaksYcle, on 12/28/2008, -1/+10Anyone in this world that uses a DVR box uses Linux.
Eat me. - tapo, on 12/28/2008, -1/+10http://digg.com/linux_unix/2008_Year_of_the_Linux_ ...
- kyoobeh, on 12/28/2008, -4/+1390% of these comments suck.
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