The Year of The Linux Desktop?

Like all previous years, this year probably isn't any different, and it won't be the break out year for Linux on the Desktop.

But...  (there's always a but).

Something interesting happened over the last year.  People I never expected to be Linux users have installed Ubuntu.  My sister in law and nephew both count in this list.  At some level "regular folks" have now come to Linux.  I have no idea if this is a trend or not, but I find it interesting regardless.