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		redthrowaway on May 8, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ubuntu To Soon Ship On 5% Of PCs >Here's hoping widespread desktop Linux finally becomes a reality. If it did, it would be doing so on the downswing of the desktop as a platform. People will still do work with traditional computers, but mobile looks set to replace them for entertainment and browsing.

josefonseca on May 8, 2012 [–]

> If it did, it would be doing so on the downswing of the desktop as a platform.

This may be true, but I'd like to point out that I've been hearing this since 1980something.

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