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The age of the Linux desktop

The age of the Linux desktop

Posted Jun 26, 2003 14:43 UTC (Thu) by tjc (guest, #137)
In reply to: The age of the Linux desktop by cpeterso
Parent article: The age of the Linux desktop

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.


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