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Old 9th July 2008, 09:48   #1
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Default Linux for housewives. XP for geeks

The computer proletariat is rising up - and computing will never be the same. Tiny, sub-$500 “netbooks” like the Asus Eee are the hottest thing going in notebooks today. And some surprising things are happening. Like housewives on Linux.

Asus is forecasting worldwide shipments of 10 million 7 to 10 inch screen netbooks this year! And a billion in 2018.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/storage/?p=342
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Old 9th July 2008, 20:10   #2
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no surprise for me

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"Installing Ubuntu-desktop on "dumb"-user desktops (office + browser) in an office environment seems a very plausible and cost-effective solution. Cost-effective as it is open source, cost-effective as it is easy to install, more native and users will work more efficiently and faster."
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Old 9th July 2008, 21:51   #3
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I dunno ... I've been using openSuse for a few months now and I honestly don't think it's more easy and userfriendly as windows. Maybe it's because I want to do more than the average housewife, but I have to use the command line very often and you can't do a lot of things when you're not root (or don't have the root password, because that's what it ask very often).
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I think they are referring to the niche market of Linux.Geeks disappearing if all these small devices get linux shipped in one form or other
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aaaaaaaaah, that way .
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