Star Is the Linux Desktop Too Much Like Windows, Mac OS X?
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 27th Aug 2009 19:08 UTC
Linux A complaint you hear quite often is that the Linux desktop environments, which mostly refers to KDE and GNOME, are trying too hard to be like Windows and Mac OS X. Now, even James Bottomley, Distinguished Engineer at Novell, Director of the Linux Foundation, and Chair of its Technical Advisory Board (put that on your business card) states in an interview that he believes the Linux desktop is too much like Windows and Mac.
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Déjà vu
by lproven on Sat 29th Aug 2009 14:13 UTC
lproven
Member since:
2006-08-23

Or, what goes around, comes around.

I wrote about this at some length nearly 2 years ago, to a lot of flaming from people who didn't bother to RTFA.

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1017183/linux-innovation-m...

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RE: Déjà vu
by raronson on Sat 29th Aug 2009 18:12 in reply to "Déjà vu"
raronson Member since:
2009-08-15

Great article, thanks for the read.

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RE[2]: Deja  vu
by lproven on Sat 29th Aug 2009 18:50 in reply to "RE: Déjà vu"
lproven Member since:
2006-08-23

Hey, thanks! You just have made my evening! :¬)

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RE: Déjà vu
by Janvl on Sun 30th Aug 2009 11:44 in reply to "Déjà vu"
Janvl Member since:
2007-02-20

I miss the loads of copying done by MS in this article.

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RE[2]: Deja vu
by lproven on Sun 30th Aug 2009 13:11 in reply to "RE: Déjà vu"
lproven Member since:
2006-08-23

How do you mean, you miss it? Do you mean that you can't see the traces of copying yourself, or that you wish they did more, or what?

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