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Re:Gnome cofounder: Desktop Linux is a Chernobyl of Fail by michaelwww on Tuesday March 05, 2013 @11:42PM (#5329360)
"Linux just never managed to cross the desktop chasm," he concludes [Xamarin CTO Miguel de Icaza]. Surely he doesn't consider Ubuntu a failure on the desktop. Sounds like FUD to me now that he has ramped up his commercial interests.
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Re:Gnome cofounder: Desktop Linux is a Chernobyl of Fail by dylangs1030 on Tuesday March 05, 2013 @11:46PM (#5329375)
That's complicated. In one sense Ubuntu has not failed because of how user-friendly it is. It certainly is the flagship distribution nowadays.

But it's not a success in the context mentioned in the article. It's simply not as easy to use as a Mac environment.

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Re:Gnome cofounder: Desktop Linux is a Chernobyl of Fail by michaelwww on Wednesday March 06, 2013 @12:02AM (#5329444)
But he concludes "Linux just never managed to cross the desktop chasm." Direct quote in conclusion. That's a far cry from saying Ubuntu is not as easy to use as a Mac.
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Re:Gnome cofounder: Desktop Linux is a Chernobyl of Fail by dylangs1030 on Thursday March 07, 2013 @07:04PM (#5341272)
Do you find Ubuntu as easy to use as a Mac?
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Re:Gnome cofounder: Desktop Linux is a Chernobyl of Fail by michaelwww on Monday March 11, 2013 @01:08PM (#5358081)
No. But it did manage to cross "the desktop chasm" and it is usable http://www.edubuntu.org/about
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