, all the Linux "desktop" vendors have tried it, and all with the same result: Failure.
This isn't because Linux isn't any good as a personal computer operating system. It's because such copycat tactics have doomed Linux to always being a cheap facsimile of Microsoft's idea of what the personal computer should look like and do. With Moblin version 2.0 , the Linux-based operating system Novell and Intel designed specifically for the Netbook market , the Linux "desktop" crowd seems to finally have the right idea: change the game, not simply the price tag.
Full Story: Moblin makes the Linux 'desktop' more Mac-like - CNET News
This isn't because Linux isn't any good as a personal computer operating system. It's because such copycat tactics have doomed Linux to always being a cheap facsimile of Microsoft's idea of what the personal computer should look like and do. With Moblin version 2.0 , the Linux-based operating system Novell and Intel designed specifically for the Netbook market , the Linux "desktop" crowd seems to finally have the right idea: change the game, not simply the price tag.
Full Story: Moblin makes the Linux 'desktop' more Mac-like - CNET News
