10 Last-Minute Gift Ideas For Linux Geeks

CLICK to read list on Yahoo! News: "It may be better to give than it is to receive, but that doesn't mean geeks the world over don't have virtual sugarplums dancing through their heads.

Of course, if it's a Linux geek you're trying to please, no i-gadget or Thing 7 is likely to do the trick. Fans of free and open-source software (FOSS) are a breed apart, so you'll have to choose carefully to win their hearts.

If there's an open source aficionado on your Christmas shopping list, then read on for a hand-picked assortment of ideas.

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Is it lights out for desktop Linux?

Is it lights out for desktop Linux? : Christopher Null : Yahoo! Tech

"ZDNet's Robin Harris is taking a hell of a beating over his recent post entitled 'Windows kicks Linux to the curb,' where he posits that Linux completely blew its chance to become a mainstream operating system after the majority of netbook vendors dropped the free OS they were initially enamored with in favor of good old Windows XP. The latest statistic: In the netbook market, Windows now holds an 80 percent market share, which is astonishing, since it looked like it would end up with a zero percent share when the netbook market got its start."