Ask someone to name a Linux distro, and if you don’t get a blank look, chances are good that they’ll say Ubuntu. After all, Canonical’s distro is regarded by many as the “default” Linux distro. But could Google’s two-prong offensive with both Android and Chrome OS sideline other distros and push them into obscurity?
…a PC and give Windows the shove, then neither of these operating systems would suit your needs unless you radically changed the way you work.
Problem is, many people are radically changing the way they work. People are increasingly happy with cut-down PCs that come in the form of netbooks, and cut-down operating systems such as the iPhone OS on the iPhone and iPad, and Android and Symbian on smartphones. Folks are ditching expensive, resource-hungry desktop applications for smaller, lighter, cheaper, more focussed apps on devices such as iPads.
The problems facing Linux is that increasingly, people are turning away from monolithic operating systems (unfortunately, at the same time, we’re turning to walled gardens/prisons, but that’s another story). And Google is set to make its own Linux flavors a lot more available.
First, we’re starting to see Android on installed on netbooks alongside Windows. Sure, small moves, but could be quite useful and appealing to those with Android handsets. Then there’s Google’s…
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Could Android and Chrome OS sideline other Linux distros?
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