Would a Prettier Linux Make You Switch?

Courtesy Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Thu, 07/24/2008 - 11:52

Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth (who we interviewed last year) announced that he's out to make Linux a better-looking operating system than Mac OS X—within two years.

An ambitious goal! At O'Reilly's OSCON conference this week, Shuttleworth said:


 

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