It´s a long standing joke, but I think two or three years ago people stopped claiming next year will be the year of the Linux desktop. Not sure why that is.

Perhaps because it is so self-evident to Linuxers that the day has already come and gone without anybody really noticing. Perhaps most have accepted that the year of the Linux desktop does not really matter because what is known as Linux will never be able to beat Microsoft or Apple in this space, nor does it even really try or want to. To think otherwise would be a fundamental misconception. Because in the perception of most ordinary users and not so inclined folk it will never be easy enough. Just as it will never be good enough for the people with vested interests and investments to protect. You cannot prevail against prejudice once people think they know enough to judge and go by outdated myths and by hear say.

Because with Linux in the server space, on thin clients, on mobile and embedded and specialist devices, and with the advent of so-called cloud computing the OS on the desktop does not really matter any more.

Perhaps we have accepted that for the most part it will remain a hobby for the self-selected few, and inroads into the desktop arena will remain limited.

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