13 reasons why Linux should be on your desktop. In this guest column, technology marketing consultant Kim Brebach, who last month published an essay titled "13 Reasons why Linux won't make it to a desktop near you," discovers why desktop Linux has thrived despite what he terms its "troubled childhood. " In 13 Reasons why Linux won't make it to a desktop near you , we reviewed Linux as a marketing case study. In this column, we take a good look at the product to find out why it has thrived despite its troubled childhood. A couple of years ago, the Linux desktop was a pimply adolescent with half-baked ideas. Today we see a handsome, well-dressed grown-up who handles a range of tasks with confidence and even performs fancy tricks.
No longer need we make allowances for his dress sense or his strange habits. All About Linux-powered Devices. Linux for human beings.