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Linux Gets Past the Front Door ... "Linux is not at the point where we will see it in the home yet, but it will get there," said Sandra Steere Potter, research director of Linux services at Aberdeen Group, a research and consulting firm based in Boston. "In another 12 months we will have a different picture." The biggest push for Linux may ultimately come from cheap digital appliances and personal-computing devices that do not need a full-blown operating system. Linux could play a significant role because of its low cost and open format, said Dan Kusnetzky, a director at research house International Data Corp. in Framingham, Mass. "Linux is beginning to make sense," Kusnetzky said. "It's going to grow stronger and stronger since it's small, fast, reliable and free, which is an awfully exciting number... latimes.com