Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 8th Oct 2007 20:13 UTC, submitted by luna6
A review of OpenSUSE 10.3, which concludes: "While openSUSE's efforts to simplify Linux or Window-fy Linux can be commended, the inconsistency in their implementation is its downfall. Opening applications quickly becomes a chore with the excessive amount of clicks needed to find the application you want. The application browser loads slowly, looks cluttered, and uses icons that are too large. Yast has been improved but still feels slow."
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2007-05-05
Quite a few misconceptions in this review (which I mentioned in the review itself -- interesting to see that the user submitted their own 'negative' review of openSUSE to OSNews: how curious), but what I really find curious sometimes in different OSS communities is people making the statement "it's like Windows!!" People say it about desktop environments and sometimes about distributions (like here).
Can I just say: this statement is completely pointless. I don't think anyone is ever trying to do things like Windows for the sake of it. If it just-so-happens that some difference reminds you of Windows, why the heck do you think any sort of Winowsifying is involved? I've never seen a shred of evidence in all my years of hearing that statement.
In this review I presume they've said it because they have a different, single menu for GNOME. Well, all the research and the reasons for choosing such a menu (and the Kickoff one) are fully available. The usability research is not exactly secret. Usability studies indicate that things go a LOT smoother this way. No-one in openSUSE, afaik, has *ever* done anything because they're "trying to make it like Windows".