Desktop Linux doing fine
Despite some pragmatism and optimism, the overall sentiment on desktop Linux at LinuxCon was, frankly, pretty dismal. The good news is there were not half as many Macs at this event compared to usual tech gatherings. But seriously, there continue to be signs of life and even light in desktop Linux, whatever the hell ‘desktop’ means now.
Even if we look only at the traditional desktop and notebook PC market, I was given renewed optimism for ‘desktop Linux’ last week when Dell rolled out its latest Latitude notebook computers. Sure, the laptops ship with Windows as the primary OS, but they also feature an instant-on Linux option, based on SUSE Linux and Firefox browser software, that is booted and run off a separate system-on-chip with ARM processor.
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