I hear this every time there's some shift in OS or architecture. Most recently, The Big Opportunity for Desktop Linux was the transition from 32 bit to 64 bit,

I hear this every time there's some shift in OS or architecture. Most recently, The Big Opportunity for Desktop Linux was the transition from 32 bit to 64 bit, XP to Vista, and Vista to Windows 7. Meanwhile, Linux continues its slow but steady rise on the desktop with little bumps from big improvements. Personally, I have no reason to switch to Linux. Windows will come with any computer I buy for the foreseeable future. It runs Chrome and Firefox, is the native target for most games, and Microsoft's design decisions make more sense to me than those of the Unity and GNOME designers.