Got Vision? The Challenge for Desktop Linux.

Courtesy Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Sat, 05/31/2008 - 11:10

Seven years ago this week I wrote about the predicted death of the Linux desktop brought on by the demise of Eazel, the original developer of GNOME's Nautilus file manager.

A lot has happened since that time, but not precisely how I would have predicted it would. Let's review where the Linux desktop has been and is going.

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