[Cialug] Desktop Linux

[Jim Asbille]

On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 12:11 PM, Todd Walton <tdwalton at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Third, if "embrace and extend" means to make a better Windows, then I
> don't agree.  It's unrealistic to expect Linux to completely dream up
> a brand new user interface; people know the Windows paradigm and they
> have work to do.  But open source has the flexibility and speed to
> *own* the desktop user experience.  *We* should be setting the
> standard that Mac and Windows will follow.  Rather than embracing the
> model they present, the Linux community would do well to feel
> ownership of the desktop experience and to treat it as their own slate
> to draw on.
>
>

Well said, I don't want a "Windows" experience.  I want a better experience
and I have found that with Linux.

-- 
Jim Asbille, MSM
registered Linux user number 388067

"There's no place like 127.0.0.1."
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