Last week information Week editor Alexander Wolfe asked readers to respond to his “7 Reasons Why Linux Won’t Succeed On The Desktop”. Well..if he’s trolling for readers, my thought is that getting a third regular reader wouldn’t hurt the discussions here either, so…

"The program applies only to Windows Vista Business and Ultimate versions..."

Now, granted, cheating at word games won't make you very good at the word games. However, using practical problems from word games is an excellent opportunity to brush up on your Command-Line-Foo! There is no better exercise to master regexps.

According to the 2007 DesktopLinux.com survey, Ubuntu is the distribution of choice for 30% of GNU/Linux users. The exact figure is questionable, but Ubuntu's dominance is not. For an increasing number of people, Ubuntu is GNU/Linux.

"This is actually pretty straight-forward if you’ve got things set up properly. I had a hard time at first, because I had the “sites” framework enabled but I wasn’t using it the right way.

After much deliberation and review, I've decided to recant my previous blog entry. I no longer believe that the Linux kernel should be forked.

The most important reason you don’t see Linux desktops everywhere you look is that Linux desktop applications aren’t generally compelling.

"After much fooling around, WebRunner 0.7 is ready to release. This release has some small changes and some big changes..."