"What's this 'DEEE-bee-en' you write about?" Or will Linux ever (ever?) make its move on the desktop?

Posted by Steven_Rosenber on Dec 20, 2010 4:43 PM EDT
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The entries in this blog flow through my Twitter and Facebook feeds, and once in awhile a friend of mine who has nothing to do with the open-source software world wonders what the hell I'm talking about. Just this weekend, somebody asked me, "What's this 'DEEE-bee-en' you write about?" Would the question be any different with the word "Ubuntu" in there? I don't think so. When it comes to desktop Linux (not to mention BSD, which is even further in the geek ghetto), nobody knows what we're talking about.

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Linux preloads - not doing too well at all Steven_Rosenber 36 2,672 Dec 26, 2010 9:28 PM

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