Ubuntu Plans Eye Candy for Desktop Computers and Beyond

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What would it take to get the hundreds of millions of desktop computer users to switch from Windows to Linux?

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A new version of Ubuntu�code named Gutsy Gibbon�will be introduced sporting the sort of three dimensional effects that are the trademark of Windows Vista and Apple�s OS X Leopard

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There has been no dramatic uptick recently and Linux desktop share may still be less than one percent

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But there have been recent signs of new life. Dell Computer, for example has begun offering both a desktop and a portable computer with Ubuntu pre-installed as an alternative to Microsoft�s operating systems

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At the same time, there are some signs of resistance to Microsoft�s Windows Vista, with some corporations moving back to Windows XP.