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From: John Floren <john@jfloren.net>
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 10:17:12 -0700
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Subject: Re: [9fans] off-topic: why linux lost the desktop
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> Precisely.  The correlation between what makes something
> good and what makes something popular is small but negative.
> One of the primary reasons I stopped using Linux was that
> it was becoming too mainstream and just like all the
> commercial junk out there.

I too find Linux too mainstream: http://i.imgur.com/Wtm16.png


john