Re:Why Have a Start Button to Shutdown Windows?
by gaius on Wednesday August 20, 2008 @07:38AM
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If you are even thinking about debugging your OS then you are not a typical end user. In fact you could probably figure out and use almost any interface. So for the purpose of usability studies, you're not representative.
The biggest usability issue Linux has these days is a holdover reputation from the '90s.
The second biggest usability issue is that it's not a Windows clone, so muscle-memory no longer applies.
That's not to say that Linux usability is perfect, but I find that for the most part it's miles ahead of Windows, it's easier to debug when things do go wrong, and Just Works out of the box to a greater degree (downloading drivers is so 1990s) if your hardware is supported.