Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 19th Aug 2009 09:21 UTC
Last week we talked about what Linux (well, okay, X) could learn from Windows Vista and Windows 7, focusing on the graphics stack. A short article over at TechWorld lists seven things Windows 7 should learn from the Linux world. Some of them are spot-on, a few are nonsensical, and of course, and I'm sure you have a few to add too.
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2005-07-06
It's funny how some things have drastically changed.
Consider the following quote:
"all hardware was detected either out of the box, or via Windows Update. I'm sure it's still not up to par with Linux"
It would have been complete nonsense a few years ago.
Regarding application installation, I think that the end-user experience of installing applications on linux is really great and something that windows should learn from.
In windows you need to open a web browser and google the application's name and then navigate the app's website to locate the correct package, and then execute it, and then answer questions from the installer.
In linux, you pretty much just need to open the package manager UI front-end, input the app's name, press a button and... That's all. The relevant packages are summoned and installed for you.
So even if the various package systems used on linux have their faults, lack standardization and the filesystem layout is an archaic mess, the end-user experience is very simplified and very good (and thanks to package kit, the front-end to manage packages is getting standardized, even if the underlying package management systems are not).
Edited 2009-08-19 10:04 UTC