Plugging the Linux holes

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Editor: Becker needs to get out more. If he did, he might have read this NewsForge article about CBTracker.

You can easily surf the Web and run a spreadsheet on a Linux-powered PC, but good luck if you want to balance your checkbook.

The open-source operating system has yet to attract significant attention from makers of major desktop applications, such as Adobe Systems, Macromedia or Intuit, maker of the popular Quicken personal finance program. This lack of notice is a sticking point even for Linux visionaries such as Bruce Perens.

Link: ZDNet.com

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  • Linux