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Windows remains the dominant desktop application, but Linux is making steady progress in its battle to win over mainstream PC users.
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Web browser companies are looking nervously over their shoulders, after a tiny company won US$521m in a patent-infringement suit against Microsoft.
Another year has gone by--an eternity in software-development terms--and it's time once again for PC users to ask themselves: Is Linux ready for the desktop?
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