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by zalew 4563 days ago
The year of Linux desktop.
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benjaminwootton 4563 days ago
1998 called. They want their prediction back!
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swalsh 4563 days ago
I'm going to be in the market for a laptop soon. I used to be windows only guy for many years, then I started using a mac book air because I liked the hardware better. However I'm very frustrated by the way I can't upgrade anything. When I buy a new laptop, i'm going to buy the highest quality machine I can (that will let me upgrade the memory, and hard drive) regardless of the OS.
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waps 4563 days ago
This prediction seems to have limited chance of success :

http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=%22linux%20desktop%22

(sad, really)

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marcuskaz 4563 days ago
I don't think people who want to switch or run Linux does a search for "linux desktop" more likely they've heard of some and do a search for that.

For comparison: http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=%22linux%20desktop%22...

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sentenza 4562 days ago
My first thought: What normal person uses the word "Desktop"?

It doesn't sound weird in the context of "Year of the linux desktop", because we are so used to that meme, but otherwise, the word "desktop" seems old-fashioned. See also[1].

[1] http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=Desktop&cmpt=q

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