[vox] Windows 7 to Kill Linux?

[Richard Ibbotson]

On Wednesday 14 January 2009 19:13:32 Richard S. Crawford wrote:
> I read this article earlier this morning. I'm not convinced the
> Linux desktop is at all in danger from Windows 7. Once Windows has
> the kind of flexibility and customizability the KDE has, and can
> ran on the same wide array of platforms that Linux can run on, can
> make software installation as easy as my Kubuntu box has made it
> (point, click, and install in Adept rather than search high and low
> for some malware-free Windows install), and is, most importantly,
> free and open source, then I can see a point being made.

Then of course there's AWN and the Gnome desktop which makes Linux 
look like a GPL'd Mac....

http://wiki.awn-project.org/Main_Page

Mixing and matching these I can't find any reason to use winduhs or Mac 
desktops :)


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Richard
www.sheflug.org.uk