On Wed, 2012-10-03 at 02:55 -0700, jdow wrote: > Why does FOSS critically lag with regards to what the general public > wants? Does it really? Whether it's open source projects, or proprietary business, *you* get given what *they* think is the way to do it. > Why isn't the desktop experience in Linux NEAR as rich and good as on > Macs or Windows machines? Again, I question whether that's really the case. Yes, from time to time, you will notice that one is better than the other, sometimes quite significantly. But there's been plenty of cases where I've felt the Linux was has been quicker, more logical, less annoying, more flexible. Just to be more clear, what I consider the desktop experience is how the actual desktop interface works, the system GUI. i.e. can I right-click it, can I add features to the right click, can I change the look or the behaviour, can I copy and paste any text that appears anywhere on the screen, can I resize every single window that pops up, does the interface get in the way, etc. I do not refer to the range of *extra* programs that you can run on your computer (e.g. someone's idea that Microsoft Office is better than OpenOffice.org). They're not *the* desktop. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
