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Why Linux Is Poised for Domination (in Mobile Devices )
Technews World ^ | 09/14/10 5:00 AM PT | By Mark Lee -- Linux Insider

Posted on 09/14/2010 11:53:38 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach

Could 2010 be Linux' breakout year? Linux is already making huge waves in mobile computing, with the rise of the Android operating system, the momentum behind Meego, a bevy of Linux-powered netbooks, and an army of Linux-toting tablets on the horizon. With Web-based computing becoming the norm, flexible and robust Linux could finally become the OS of choice for device manufacturers.

For over a decade, Linux watchers have predicted that one day the open source operating system will become the dominant player -- and yet that day never seems to arrive. Already, of course, Linux has a very healthy share of the server market and a growing place on the desktop, but it's the rise of Internet-connected devices like smartphones, tablets and netbooks that may finally catapult Linux into the mainstream.

Why? Because users of these convenient, portable devices don't really care what operating system they run, as long as their devices offer downloadable apps and fast access to the Internet. The rise of cloud-based computing, where users access applications via the Web, has also driven an uptake in Linux. Some 80 percent of an average computer user's time is spent within a browser, and if all of your applications and documents are stored online, there is little need to run a huge operating system and install programs locally on your machine.

(Excerpt) Read more at technewsworld.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: hitech; linux; mobiledevices
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To: Erasmus

I assume it is encrypted, and I also assume they have a back door key to their encryption algorithm, plus any encryption can be broken. And...even if the data is secure in that one particular way, all those other risks remain.


21 posted on 09/14/2010 2:44:07 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Conan the Librarian

Money will fix the problem.


22 posted on 09/14/2010 3:02:52 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: Conan the Librarian

Well, stop whining and buy one. I got a 500GB brand new laptop SATA drive for like $79 or something. (7200 rpm! The 5400 ones were like $55!)


23 posted on 09/14/2010 3:37:41 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Still Thinking

It may be a bit before I can do that.

We just adopted a 14 year old, and, she is not cheap.


24 posted on 09/15/2010 6:47:07 AM PDT by Conan the Librarian (The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
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To: Still Thinking

It may be a bit before I can do that.

We just adopted a 14 year old, and, she is not cheap.


25 posted on 09/15/2010 6:47:51 AM PDT by Conan the Librarian (The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
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To: Conan the Librarian

If you’re severely budget constrained, the sub-500Gb (200-350GB) 5400 rpm drives were in the $30-40 range, and you can pick up small ones on ebay sometimes for $10-15 even.


26 posted on 09/15/2010 8:09:33 AM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Still Thinking

Christmas Bonus is coming!


27 posted on 09/15/2010 9:31:51 AM PDT by Conan the Librarian (The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
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To: Michael Barnes
And what kernel do you think Google is using?

I'm running Cyanogen's rom built from Google's 2.2 version of Android.  

Its running version 2.6.34.5 of the linux kernel. 

28 posted on 09/16/2010 6:46:17 PM PDT by MichiganMan (Oprah: Commercial Beef Agriculture=Bad, Commercial Chicken Agriculture=Good...Wait, WTF???)
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