I want to love Linux as a desktop OS, I really do.
If you're talking about using a Linux server to set local workstation rights on Windows machines, not really. You could do it, I bet, but you'd have to build it yourself, maybe run Samba and hand-edit ...
On the server and on the desktop, these apps helped showcase what Linux can do.
Takeaway: Linux is a rapidly growing server OS, and it will soon be fit for almost any industrial use. IDC’s supply-side data shows that the Linux server market is the most rapidly growing segment ...