Is Linux It’s Own Worst Enemy?
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Purists must be screaming at their screens when watching Shuttleworth explaining why he thinks that in many ways, desktop Linux holds itself back significantly. Despite highlighting progress made, he is still bent on Ubuntu being more like the Mac.
Better cooperation is certainly a fair statement to consider, but is making things feel more like OS X really the way to go? Are things really that bad? Well, I tend to feel like the two main desktop environments tend to either over simplify or over complicate. GNOME being overly simplified and KDE having options ontop of its options.
In the end, I would agree there is work to do. And yes, leaving the shell for troubleshooting is definitely where most people want to find their desktop operating systems. But at the same time, it should be a choice of each end user as to which approach to take.
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Alan Monroe
November 3rd, 2009
at 6:25pm
XWindows is Linux’s worst enemy. Or at least it’s MY #1 reason for not switching.