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The age of the Linux desktopThe age of the Linux desktopPosted Jun 26, 2003 2:56 UTC (Thu) by cpeterso (subscriber, #305)Parent article: The age of the Linux desktop I think the difference between Apple and Linux desktops is the users. I don't think many businesses have Apple desktops. Businesses that have Windows desktops are looking for a way to ditch Microsoft. Linux desktops will be easy for admins to configure and LOCK DOWN, something that is very difficult with Windows or Mac OS. So Linux desktops will surpass Apple because a small piece of a HUGE pool (small and big business users) is still bigger than Apple's small piece of a small pool (home and education users). This is good news for Linux, but probably bad news for usability. Those corporate desktop users will have to grin and bear it until GNOME and KDE catch up to Mac OS X. :)
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The age of the Linux desktop Posted Jun 26, 2003 14:43 UTC (Thu) by tjc (guest, #137) [Link] Those corporate desktop users will have to grin and bear it until GNOME and KDE catch up to Mac OS X. :)In what areas do you think Gnome and KDE come up short compared to OS X? I went to CompuUSA a while back just so I could spend a few minutes playing with OS X to see what it was like. It's appearance is very polished, but I found it very primitive in areas such as manipulating windows on the desktop. It's not the sort of environment that would make working with a half-dozen xterms very much fun. It gives up a lot in usabilty for the sake of providing a friendly environment for novice users.
The age of the Linux desktop Posted Jun 27, 2003 1:03 UTC (Fri) by giraffedata (subscriber, #1954) [Link] I think the difference between Apple and Linux desktops is the users. I don't think many businesses have Apple desktopsI don't know either, but from what I see in movies and on TV, it looks like lots of busineses have iMacs. Who can blame them? Think of the money spent on training and technical support? Of course, not much of anyone has Apple desktops, but business seems to have as much a share as of Windows.
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