Linked by Martin Girard on Tue 12th Sep 2006 13:57 UTC
You must remember the period where various electronic devices, from phones to radios, were available in transparent cases. You may have found them utterly cool. Yet the simple fact that you can't find these things on the shelves anymore (except for do-it-yourself PC cases) means the crowd doesn't find them nearly that cool. While you may not see the link yet, this is exactly why the Linux desktop will never be popular.
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RE[2]: What Absolute Rubbish
by slight on Tue 12th Sep 2006 16:08
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I have to agree with him I'm afraid. Once a modern Linux like Ubuntu is installed and configured (that includes setting up MP3, WMV and Flash) grandma can use it, and it's actually simpler than Windows.
I installed Ubuntu for my girlfriend. The only thing she ever asks for support on is OpenOffice because she's used to Office. She's perfectly happy with Gnome, Firefox, Gaim and Thunderbird, and she is *not* a power user.
Sorry but the article is just plain wrong, most of the development going into the UI of the major 'commercial' or 'desktop' distros (Gnome) is being done by major companies to human interface guidelines, not by random geeks.
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2005-11-23
This article is 100% flamebait and displays a total ignorance of the open source software movement.
No this article is only showing us that you are a Linux zealot, unable to get the facts.
I never read a so interesting (and neutral) article on OSNews.