Re:ElementaryOs Luna released
by charlesism on Sunday August 11, 2013 @04:27AM
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It's interesting that the features of this OS sound like the features of Gnome in the late 90s (we care about design, and we don't swamp the user with choices)... and Ubuntu a few years later. I truly wish this project the best but it will be an uphill battle when Apple revamps the look of OS X, and Elementary OS is left looking like a dated, less consistent version of someone else's system software. That sounds more cruel than I intended, but I don't see the future in slavishly copying OS X... even the Dock, the worst feature of OS X!
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We came up with a lot of new stuff, we have tons of developers with brilliant ideas and innovation has always been present on elementary OS.
I'm pretty sure we'll keep innovating and I'm pretty sure OS X's updates won't contribute to our failure in any way possible.
Re:ElementaryOs Luna released
by charlesism on Sunday August 11, 2013 @07:09AM
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Judging by the screen shots there's some talented people involved in the project, and probably a lot of care. On the other hand there's something broken with the decision making process when you wind up borrowing Apple's Dock[1][2].
[1] http://www.asktog.com/columns/044top10docksucks.html [2] http://archive.arstechnica.com/reviews/4q00/macosx-pb1/macos...
You can still describe Ubuntu and GNOME as "we care about design, and we don't swamp the user with choices."
for the linux user interface, I'd say copying is all good, but you can't always copy your competitor. it's better to invent new things and make your competitor copy you. then you've made it and have entered the competition.
this desktop seems good-looking and simple to use, I'll give it a try.