Dell’s gamble on Linux laptops has paid off

Re:Dell’s gamble on Linux laptops has paid off by pjmlp on Thursday November 16, 2017 @07:29AM (#15712133)

> IDE vs CLI has nothing to do with it.

Sure it has, because it springs from the developer culture on each OS, and the main reason why good UI/UX research is so hard on GNU/Linux systems.

It is always an uphill battle, as GNOME and KDE devs know about.

Also note that I pair macOS with Windows on my list.

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Re:Dell’s gamble on Linux laptops has paid off by jenscow on Thursday November 16, 2017 @11:13AM (#15713793)

Same could be said against Windows. Ever used Windows 8? "Everyone" hated it.

Windows 10 has gone for the hybrid UI; both "modern" and traditional. At the same time.

I'm not sure why you say it's hard for UI/UX research on Linux, when there are so many different desktop environments and toolkits - all(?) of which are theme-able. On Windows, you're stuck with one. Well, both.

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Re:Dell’s gamble on Linux laptops has paid off by pjmlp on Thursday November 16, 2017 @12:05PM (#15714340)

Which is exactly the point of lack of good polished UI/UX on GNU/Linux.

Hence ChromeOS and Android in what concerns consumer devices, where Linux just happens to be the chosen kernel but nothing prevents Google changing it for something else.

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