Channel 9 Forums - Coffeehouse - 2011 The Year of the Linux Desktop http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 Forums - Coffeehouse - 2011 The Year of the Linux Desktop http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums en Thu, 23 May 2013 10:40:16 GMT Thu, 23 May 2013 10:40:16 GMT Rev9 23 -23 -1 Coffeehouse - 2011 The Year of the Linux Desktop I just installed MeeGo on my Netbook and next week I'll be at the MeeGo conference in Dublin

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I will admit that some distros, e.g. Ubuntu, are making it very easy for novices to get into the Linux world. What it doesn't have yet is wide app support.

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I'm a bit surprised to see the "watch" style wait cursor here. This definately bring back my memories of old XWindow systems. The layout is so... errr... playful so I thought they would have chosen something else. That said, the outlook is still impressive. It's really not necessary to make a Linux distro look like Windows.

The partitioning steps look neat. But I'd rather have something like what be had with Redhat 6.x, There should be some hint text showing what is the recommanded/minimum size for each mount point. For example, I would have just put 120MB for /boot partition if no hint is shown that I'd need more space. (Remember, any extra unnecessary space be put into /boot partition is literally permanently lost. You'll want it to be a little bit more than "just enough". Usually I'll just rounded the double space occupied on a fresh install)

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/2011-The-Year-of-the-Linux-Desktop/2f0267a8e1784aaebc059e2c00d9f19b#2f0267a8e1784aaebc059e2c00d9f19b Fri, 12 Nov 2010 13:13:30 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/2011-The-Year-of-the-Linux-Desktop/2f0267a8e1784aaebc059e2c00d9f19b#2f0267a8e1784aaebc059e2c00d9f19b magicalclick 23 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/magicalclick/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - 2011 The Year of the Linux Desktop The partitioning was different then anything I had seen before, MeeGo occupies three partitions.

Everything you need to know can be found at MeeGo

I booted the Windows 7 beta on this netbook and have asked the Windows Team to release Windows 7 on a USB stick, but they never did.

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 I think that there are only so many names to go around. Phil Haack has been talking lately about the challenges of naming a product.

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, spivonious wrote

Doesn't someone say this every year? Yet Linux remains with <2% desktop marketshare.

I will admit that some distros, e.g. Ubuntu, are making it very easy for novices to get into the Linux world. What it doesn't have yet is wide app support.

2011 - Year of the Linux Desktop

then comes

2012 - the year when everything ends.

which will finally make

2013 - the year of the paperless office !

Yea they all can come true  !

LOL

Smiley

 

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, Charles wrote

What is it with strange naming conventions and open source software? MeeGo? Why?
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Strange names appear to be on many a technical related brand, its geek-think at its best!

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, African​ Safari wrote

*snip*

Strange names appear to be on many a technical related brand, its geek-think at its best!

 

Forgot to give an example, take Google, Bing and Digg for instance, and there are much more wacky ones. Modern brands seem to go for the Zany and in your face names, is this because there are no more generic business names available, or just because of the day and age we live in? Who knows!

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Herbie

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