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I hope they pick Linux based distributions or develop their own. That would be the start of something great.

• mtgx 14y ago
  Apparently Ubuntu is catching on fast in India, and Dell is selling Ubuntu laptops at 850 retail stores in India now, so that might not be such a bad plan for HP either. http://news.efytimes.com/e1/86247/Ubuntu-Adoption-Grew--Per-Cent-In-India-Last-Year http://news.efytimes.com/e1/86247/Ubuntu-Adoption-Grew--Per-... With publishing houses like EA and Valve joining Ubuntu, and changing the perception that "Linux/Ubuntu is not for mainstream users", and the potential rejection of Windows 8 by the market, this could get interesting fast.
  • andyjohnson0 14y ago
    So 2012 could be The Year of Linux on the Desktop?
    • jordibunster 14y ago
      I know you're joking (and I doubt Linux on the desktop will ever be a thing) but it would be hilarious if Microsoft were the one to propel the old PC assemblers into making a Linux push.
    • mdda 14y ago
      Google is registering 1,000,000 Linux machines a day. Small desktops, granted. But (IMHO) the Year of the Desktop was really about the year of Consumer Linux, which snuck up on everyone upwards, rather than flowing down in machine size.
  • jeswin 14y ago
    Percentages without actual figures (as in the referenced link) are disingenuous. Apart from developers working on Linux, the number of times I have seen Ubuntu on a PC in India: Zero.