While Linux is slowly making inroads onto the desktops of corporate America, its presence there is really nothing new. It has long been a behind-the-scenes workhorse running on many of the servers that power the IT backbone of those same companies. Its initial acceptance on the server side and among the open source enthusiast crowd far outstripped its acceptance on the corporate desktop side—primarily due to the sheer volume of corporate desktop applications available for Windows.

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