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Every competitor for Apple is a good thing :)
by kas0 10y ago
Every competitor for Apple is a good thing :)
- DigitalJack 10y agoAs a full-time Apple user for the last 7 years or so (not counting my //e days as a kid), I completely agree with this sentiment. When you have a captive audience and no competition, it is easy to become complacent. If Linux had a compelling desktop UI alternative and a compelling seamless device integration, I'd be very happy to switch. I realize there is a lot of subjectivity to what is pretty, but Apple has opened the door for competitors to come out with a more self-consistent UX and address the shortcomings that Apple has introduced in their UX. Such as reduced discoverability, the loss of at-a-glance comprehension.
- zxexz 10y agoOff topic, but have you tried Gnome 3? I personally can't stand it, but a lot of my friends who use macOS love it, to the point of saying it's on par with the macOS desktop environment.
- DigitalJack 10y agoI'll give it a whirl. Last desktop I used was whatever Ubuntu has... Unity I think or something like that. A lot of glitz, but also very glitchy. I'd be happy with plain, consistent, discoverable, comprehisble. The animation eye candy is nice, but it's low on my priority list.
- lcnmrn 10y agoFedora or Ubuntu running Gnome 3 with Dash to Dock extension are the perfect alternatives to macOS.
- zghst 10y agoNot ones that blatantly copy and put backdoors in for their governments (not only Xiaomi but also MSFT, Google, etc)... http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/27486/security/xiaomi-handset-usersdata.html http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/27486/security/xiaomi-ha... https://thehackernews.com/2016/07/hack-Xiaomi-phone.html https://thehackernews.com/2016/07/hack-Xiaomi-phone.html