Linux becoming visible on desktops, Aug 05, 2007

The Penguin (named Tux) is finally making inroads as an operating system (OS) on desktops too. While it has an over 20 per cent market share when we speak of servers in India, the free OS called Linux has just around 5 per cent market share in the country when it comes to desktops – the lion’s share going to Microsoft Windows.

Fewer businesses are now planning to move to Windows Vista than seven months ago, according to a survey by patch management vendor PatchLink Corp., while more said they will either stick with the Windows they have, or turn to Linux or Mac OS X.

I have now been Microsoft-Free at work for about 7 weeks. I have also found solutions for almost all of the initial hurdles I encountered in the first week. Here is the list:

Linux systems' power consumption is rapidly becoming a top concern for operators of large data centers. A University of California, Berkeley, study recently attributed 90% of the increase in data center power consumption to servers priced at less than $25,000 each -- the market where Linux is most important.

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