“THERE’S AN opening for Linux to grab a much larger market share on the consumer desktop side over the next twelve to eighteen months, but penguin advocates need to pull their act together and hope a couple of software companies – or one big hardware company – decides to throw their weight into giving Microsoft heartburn.”
This is a good article on the hope for a great Linux future. Free OS’s are mentioned to drastically lower the price of pre-built computers. Consider this fact, a computer that could cost you $400, is a great deal, but $100 of that is for the Windows OS. Check out the full article here.