Re:Updates Make Windows 7 and 8 Spy on You Like Windows 10
by tacone on Monday August 24, 2015 @12:40PM
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It's since 2006 that every year is gonna be the year of linux on the desktop. Except it never happens.
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Re:Updates Make Windows 7 and 8 Spy on You Like Windows 10
by danieldk on Monday August 24, 2015 @12:59PM
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I guess you haven't witnessed Corel Linux, Wordperfect for Linux or Loki Entertainment. It's been predicted way longer than 2006.
Ps. Sorry for the accidental downvote :(.
Re:Updates Make Windows 7 and 8 Spy on You Like Windows 10
by mastahype on Monday August 24, 2015 @02:33PM
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Can attest. Used Linux as primary OS for last 2-3 years in college, then got a job doing development on Linux, then worked for a Linux startup in early 2000's (we hired a couple ex Loki employees). Linux on the desktop has been a roller-coaster movement since not long after it's inception, likely around the time KDE and Gnome were released with some level of maturity. There was always the ported desktop managers but I don't think it's had much viability for dominance until OpenOffice came along.
Re:Updates Make Windows 7 and 8 Spy on You Like Windows 10
by Zardoz84 on Monday August 24, 2015 @05:18PM
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Oh! Someone that remember Corel OS. I have one disc yet somewhere...
Re:Updates Make Windows 7 and 8 Spy on You Like Windows 10
by danieldk on Tuesday August 25, 2015 @03:19AM
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Yeah :). I was mostly using Slackware Linux at the time, but my brother bought a Corel Linux box at the time. If I remember correctly, it came with an inflatable Tux.
I also had a separate copy of WordPerfect for Linux for a long time. It still worked fine until I sold it on eBay, thanks to libc5 compatibility in most distributions. Even though I stopped using it at some point, I continued to use the Type 1 fonts that came on the CD.