theregister.co.uk — Billionaire, cosmonaut and founder of the fast-growing Ubuntu Linux distro Mark Shuttleworth dreams impossible dreams. That dream? To produce a desktop more beautiful to ordinary users than legions of Apple programmers supping on the milk of chief exec Steve Jobs' alleged brilliance are capable of producing.
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dn11Jul 24, 2008
enough with this obsession with "beautiful UI" "gorgeous icons" "shiny taskbars" give me more usability first! it's not a fashion show it's a f**king OS that is supposed to run my programs - if they think the way to succeed is to "out shiny" apple they are doomed to failure. and until Ubuntu has better apps available for it, don't even bother bringing up any comparison. Linux and Ubuntu workstations are good for 2 groups of users IMO - code monkeys that just need a text editor and a command line, and people that do nothing but use web apps. Now, one can argue that web apps are the future, but for the time being there are too many users that still require industry standard, time tested, rich client applications. If ubuntu is setting out to be the shiniest, eye candy laden Facebook client around - well ok, good luck to you
fergyJul 24, 2008
So how many themes have you made for Ubuntu? Or do you think getting the job is like winning the lottery?
frostekJul 24, 2008
So... once then?
akeldamaJul 24, 2008
"Quick: Name a successful commercial Linux desktop product..."Vmware?
kmolnarJul 24, 2008
Usability cannot be increased arbitrarily. Eventually they will reach a plateau - I would argue they're practically there already - at which point further "usability" just results in devaluing the system itself.Another problem for the idea is the fact that as generations grow up with technology, they are more apt with the systems and devices they use anyway, negating some of the need for "user-friendliness" which they end up viewing as the above devaluation.
barynJul 24, 2008
You are a s**thead. Commit suicide.
geekynewsJul 24, 2008
I think he must have been high, butmay the force be with him.....
clockdistJul 28, 2008
@mrsteveman1because the Mac Pro is in the "workstation" category; it is designed for intensive calculations, not just average desktop use, hence the 8 cores, etc...