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<a href="http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/661">Linux is the
supercomputer operating system of choice</a>; thanks to <a
href="http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/android-to-control-half-of-smartphone-market-say-analysts/38881">Android,
Linux is becoming the most popular smartphone operating system</a>
of them all;and <a
href="http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/idc-dollarwise-windows-still-leads-the-server-market/8825">Linux
continues to make gains in the server market</a>. But, when it
comes to the desktop, no matter how you measure it, <a
href="http://practical-tech.com/uncategorized/is-the-linux-desktop-dream-dead/3186">Linux
has never how more than a tiny share of the desktop market</a>.
Why? Well, I can give you lots of reasons, but one that Mark
Shuttleworth founder of <a href="http://www.canonical.com">Canonical</a>,
the company behind the popular <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu</a>
Linux distribution, has pointed out that there’s a lot of
disorganization and disorder in Linux desktop developer circles.
<p>The specific problem that started the current discussions roiling
the Linux desktop waters was explored by Dave Neary, a member and
former director of the <a href="http://www.gnome.org/">GNOME</a>,
in a commentary on how Canonical and Ubuntu people claimed that “<a
href="http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2011/03/07/has-gnome-rejected-canonical-help">We
offered our help to GNOME, and they didn’t want it.</a>”<br>
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<p>[More]<br>
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href="http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/ubuntu-linux-and-gnome-the-disputes-continue/8469">http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/ubuntu-linux-and-gnome-the-disputes-continue/8469</a>
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"Gun control is like trying to reduce drunk driving by making it
tougher for sober people to own cars." - Unknown
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