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Not a chance, mate. Not until Linux is actually user-friendly, as opposed to geek-friendly. Too many "normal" folk just don't have the skills or patience to wet-nurse a Linux box and its just too easy to bollix one. Linux may have a lot of things going for it, but the groundhogs will still go for the ease of "plug and play."

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