Well, it seems like the list has come down to two major desktop distros, Ubuntu and Fedora and as far as I know neither is commercial. There was a time when Mandrake, Debian, Red Hat, SuSE, and others were all looking at the desktop as a potential market. The survivors seem to have headed for big servers or special cases. Meanwhile, a lot of activity has opened up in sub-desktop consumer Linux, most notably with Google's Android and Chrome.
mike havens wrote: > How do you mean? > > On 12/1/09, *[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>* > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Has anyone noticed a dramatic decrease in the number of viable > desktop/laptop/netbook distros? (And Chrome to rule them all.) > Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Stephen <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 12:06:02 > To: Main PLUG discussion > list<[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > Subject: Re: linux distro > > I have liked the Ubuntu for laptops/desktops. Id suggest trying 9.10 > as it has a number of new features and very current hardware. > > On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 11:48 AM, mike havens <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Okay guys..... I'm ready to plunge into Linux again. Ever since > Windows7 > > came out and certain companiesupdated... upgraded.... > up-whatever they did, > > my laptop (Toshiba Satellite with an Atheros AR5005GS wireless > card) keeps > > on needing its registry to be cleaned. Which distro works best > out of the > > box with automatic detection and that kind of stuff? > > > > -- > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > -- > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from > rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. > > Stephen > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
