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And with it is likely to die the institution of the consumer desktop PC. Simultaneously, in the greatest stroke of irony, Linux is left as the "last man standin
by dTal 10y ago
And with it is likely to die the institution of the consumer desktop PC. Simultaneously, in the greatest stroke of irony, Linux is left as the "last man standing" as the only sensible choice for an engineering workstation. The Year of the Linux Desktop is upon us, as the Desktop finally dies.
- tonyedgecombe 10y agoI've wondered for a while whether the market will bifurcate, professional users will need workstations with the ability to install and run applications and everybody else gets a web browser.
- drdeadringer 10y agoI'm picturing something similar, Asimov's "a Multivac terminal in every home". Arguably we have that now a la Google Search, but step it up to "a cloud terminal in every home". A monitor and interface [keyboard and mouse, gestures, whatever] with an internet connection; everything you do and "have"//"save" will be "in the cloud" with little to speak of stored locally. Whilst developers, creators, &c will have a workstation.