OSNews > Thread > "RE: Difficulty?" by drewunwired

Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 27th Dec 2005 15:45 UTC

"There are a number of things preventing Windows users from moving en masse to Linux. While the naming of applications is probably not a make-or-break issue when considering a new operating system, it is a legitimate consideration. This is the case because many of the names chosen for Linux programs are downright confusing, and the last thing desktop Linux needs right now is to make the transition from Windows or the acquisition of new users any harder than it has to be."

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RE: Difficulty?

by drewunwired on Tue 27th Dec 2005 16:36 UTC in reply to "Difficulty?"

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2005-07-06

Agreed... for example:
Kmail vs. Outlook Express
Kontact vs. Outlook
Kaddressbook vs. ?
Kolourpaint vs. Paint (no difference, really)
kbattleship
kbackgammon
kcalc
kcolorchooser

The list goes on...

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RE[2]: Difficulty?

by on Wed 28th Dec 2005 07:13 in reply to "RE: Difficulty?"

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There's also plenty of Gnome examples. Gcal, Gnumeric, Gaim, Xchat (obviously chat related), etc. The choice of distro dosn't effect the good/bad name choices of programmers and application designers. Chuck this article into the "stupid Linux analysis" bin.

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RE[3]: Difficulty?

by drewunwired on Thu 29th Dec 2005 19:23 in reply to "RE[2]: Difficulty?"

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2005-07-06

Good point, although I wouldn't necessarly throw gaim into the mix, since gaim can easily be pronounced as one word, as opposed to "k-colorchooser" or "x-chat".

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