Re:Ubuntu 16.04 Unity 8 current state [video]
by mtgx on Thursday December 29, 2016 @09:29AM
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Fun fact: if you use Windows 10 LTSB, the Windows Store is disabled/removed, and since Microsoft replaced the default image viewer in Windows 10 with a "store app" gallery, that means there's no image viewer in Windows 10 LTSB that you can use (other than Paint, which you have open manually).
But I agree with the general sentiment. Linux distros often have this problem of "not getting" what a typical regular user might need, because the distro developers and their core users still prefer doing most things by the command line, which they say is "easier" (and virtually impossible for a regular OS user, but that aspect often seems to escape them).
And Ubuntu is one of the more user-friendly distros out there, but even it can't get many things right. Hopefully this will improve with the arrival of flatpaks/snaps, and with a bigger focus on "apps" (rather than packages).
But I agree with the general sentiment. Linux distros often have this problem of "not getting" what a typical regular user might need, because the distro developers and their core users still prefer doing most things by the command line, which they say is "easier" (and virtually impossible for a regular OS user, but that aspect often seems to escape them).
And Ubuntu is one of the more user-friendly distros out there, but even it can't get many things right. Hopefully this will improve with the arrival of flatpaks/snaps, and with a bigger focus on "apps" (rather than packages).