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themoose
August 25th, 2007, 10:14
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/31/google_goes_desktop_linux/

Looks like it might happen sometime soon.
AMC
August 25th, 2007, 11:33
This would be fantastic. Having a large company developing a linux distro would be a big step forward. especially with google. I still think the only way Linux is going to compete with microsoft seriously though, is for it to be a commonly installed OS on computers prior to distribution - we are seeing signs of this, but nothing massive yet.
themoose
August 25th, 2007, 13:16
Dell, the biggest computer manufacturer, doing it is pretty massive if you ask me.

But if there's a company that's going to launch linux into the mainstream then it's google.
AMC
August 25th, 2007, 13:47
But dell only do it on certain lines etc...

If there was an option (as there is for almost all products with xp/vista) to have Linux as the pre-installed OS for that machine - THAT would be massive :P
(thats the ideal though :( I think it'll take a while to happen)

But you are right about google.