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Re:Microsoft Is Driving Users Away by shiroiushi on Monday February 26, 2024 @04:57AM (#39509385)
>they are interested in solving their problems using Linux and then sharing. This leaves space open for groups like Valve or Google to create a nice UI on top of Linux and sell that.

In theory. In practice, this doesn't happen.

Overall, I'd say desktop UIs are actually Linux's greatest failing. It's dominated by two different groups (Gnome vs. KDE) with extremely different design philosophies, and both having major (but different) problems. The whole Wayland vs X thing is also part of the problem. Everything else in Linux generally works really well, which is part of why it's so successful on servers and embedded systems.

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Re:Microsoft Is Driving Users Away by bee_rider on Monday February 26, 2024 @10:48AM (#39512624)
i3 and Sway work great. UI isn't a failing in general. Just a particular type of discoverable UI that is needed to sell to non-technical users…

Chromebooks sell OK, right?

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Re:Microsoft Is Driving Users Away by shiroiushi on Monday February 26, 2024 @09:00PM (#39519188)
Almost all the software engineers I've worked with, using Linux desktop systems professionally, use Gnome or KDE (with far more using Gnome actually). I've never even heard of "sway" and I think I've met one person who uses i3, and maybe a few who use xfce.
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