On Fri, 14 Sep 2001, Jerry M Nolan wrote: > has anyone read the article in Wired Mag about linux being dead on the > desktop?? If so, comments?? If I read the one I think you're referring to, (the one on /. not long ago) I thought it was a poorly written article. The thing is, from what I've seen nothing in linux "dies". Things go unmaintained, people stop using it, but do a search on freshmeat and it's still there. Anyway, my take on the article was that the GUI is in a constant state of change (call it improvement, call it a resource hog, whatever) and I personally don't think the linux desktop has had its day in the sun yet. (Well, ON a Sun but I'm talking about the fiery ball). I ignore all the anti-linux articles just because I use it 99.8% of the time at home and it's a kick-ass OS. As for being dead on the desktop, the OS is gaining popularity every day. If growth rate is faster than death rate (I believe it is) then it's not dead. It's still growing. That's what I think. -Brian