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Linux desktops grow and grow and grow
El Reg ^ | November 23rd | John Oates

Posted on 11/24/2007 7:43:56 AM PST by Halfmanhalfamazing

Use of the Linux operating system on desktop machines is continuing to grow with small and medium business showing the most enthusiasm for the open source software. The Linux Foundation annual survey really runs till the end of the month but entries are drying up, and they've already received 20,000 responses, so they've started crunching the numbers.

(Excerpt) Read more at channelregister.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: desktoplinux; linux
I read elsewhere that last year they had 10,000 responses.
1 posted on 11/24/2007 7:43:57 AM PST by Halfmanhalfamazing
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing

Here it is:

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2221165,00.asp

^^^^^^^^^almost 20,000 self-selected users filled out this year’s survey compared with fewer than 10,000 in 2006’s survey.^^^^^^^^


2 posted on 11/24/2007 7:45:21 AM PST by Halfmanhalfamazing (Thompson or Hunter in 2008!)
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing

What I wanna know is how to do a Knoppix hard disk install...


3 posted on 11/24/2007 7:46:42 AM PST by djf (Send Fred some bread! Not a whole loaf, a slice or two will do!)
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing

So, businesses are driving its adoption... makes sense, free is better than not free.

Still, if I were running a business, I’d give my employees Mac workstations (Mac Minis?) and run Linux on the servers.


4 posted on 11/24/2007 7:49:15 AM PST by Terpfen (It's your fault, not Pelosi's.)
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To: Terpfen

Yeah.

Well, I posted another article a minute ago, macs are a bigger beneficiary(as would be expected) to the winmereloaded debacle.


5 posted on 11/24/2007 8:01:15 AM PST by Halfmanhalfamazing (Thompson or Hunter in 2008!)
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To: Terpfen

Here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1929945/posts

As to wether give macs or linux workstations, it would depend on a few things going on in the business at the moment. How much money was available vs what was needed, and other such stuff.


6 posted on 11/24/2007 8:03:15 AM PST by Halfmanhalfamazing (Thompson or Hunter in 2008!)
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing

It’s funny watching these foreign websites always pimp the Linux clone over American products while webcounter stats actually show its use going down. And that’s even with them trying to give it away for free LOL.


7 posted on 11/24/2007 8:55:15 AM PST by Golden Eagle
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To: ShadowAce

ping


8 posted on 11/24/2007 9:01:03 AM PST by JoJo Gunn (Help control the Leftist population. Have them spayed or neutered. ©)
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To: rdb3; chance33_98; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; PenguinWry; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; Salo; Bobsat; ..

9 posted on 11/24/2007 11:26:10 AM PST by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: djf
Mash here and here
10 posted on 11/24/2007 11:34:30 AM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: martin_fierro

Thanks. I got a couple 6 gig blank laptop hard drives, so I’ll give it a shot. I’ll worry about setting up dual-boot later.


11 posted on 11/24/2007 2:29:32 PM PST by djf (Send Fred some bread! Not a whole loaf, a slice or two will do!)
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To: Golden Eagle
You know very well that many Linux users buy a commercial packaged version with support,plus paid support is aavailable for most releases.

Pro-American is fine;why don't you rant against G.W.Bush allowing all the illegals in to take our jobs,or all the B1 visa Indian programmers that replace American IT workers ?

You must be a MicroSoft operative but I'd consider you more a bug than a feature!

12 posted on 11/24/2007 3:05:50 PM PST by hoosierham (Waddaya mean Freedom isn't free ?;will you take a creditcard?)
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To: djf
If Knoppix doesn't work out, give Ubuntu a shot.
13 posted on 11/24/2007 5:19:34 PM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: hoosierham
why don't you rant against G.W.Bush allowing all the illegals in to take our jobs,or all the B1 visa Indian programmers that replace American IT workers

Because I don't see anyone here supporting it, but I do see some supporting foreign software clones over US originals. If you think Microsoft is what Linux clones you don't know much.

14 posted on 11/24/2007 6:08:22 PM PST by Golden Eagle
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To: martin_fierro

Tried Ubuntu. Twice. On two different machines.

Had trouble with the mouse.

And since a plain old mouse ain’t exactly bleeding edge stuff, I figure any distro that can’t handle it goes in the scrap heap.

Knoppix, OTOH, has run, and run very well, on all the hardware I tried it on.


15 posted on 11/24/2007 7:33:10 PM PST by djf (Send Fred some bread! Not a whole loaf, a slice or two will do!)
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To: djf
Tried Ubuntu. Twice. On two different machines. Had trouble with the mouse.

 

Me too (I don't have a "network mouse"). < |:)~ 

16 posted on 11/24/2007 7:39:42 PM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: martin_fierro

When I started Knoppix, it knew my Linksys wireless card was there. Took me all of about ten minutes to figure out how to prep the WEP key, etc, and get online.

That was faster than I was able to do it with Win2000.


17 posted on 11/24/2007 7:46:24 PM PST by djf (Send Fred some bread! Not a whole loaf, a slice or two will do!)
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing

Linux reminds me of Ron Paul somehow.


18 posted on 11/24/2007 7:49:58 PM PST by Poser (Willing to fight for oil)
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To: Poser

LOL


19 posted on 11/25/2007 6:21:36 AM PST by Halfmanhalfamazing (Thompson or Hunter in 2008!)
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