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Agreed, I've never tested a Ubuntu operating system that had the same usability feel as windows (which is my current OS more by habit than choice), or even that

Agreed, I've never tested a Ubuntu operating system that had the same usability feel as windows (which is my current OS more by habit than choice), or even that has the same refined-but-alien feel of using OS X (I've rarely had grasp of a mac for longer than a few hours, but despite feeling alien I can still navigate and do everything I can with windows, simply because I'm computer-savy), but Linux never even achieves that feeling. It has an unrefined ad-hoc feel to it, things don't seem right or straight.

aw3c2 17y ago
Trust me, if you used Linux for some time you will feel the same about Windows. I certainly do. It starts with installing programs by download installers, goes over not having windows dock on each other and ends with having no useful terminal.
- barrkel 17y ago
  How are commercial apps normally installed on Linux? (I'm presuming it's not by downloading installers.) I'm not a fan of arbitrary window docking - I have my own layout system based on cascading - while Cygwin rxvt provides most of what I want out of a terminal, shell etc.
  - gizmo 17y ago
    You download installers, just like you would for Windows. If you want to install Komodo IDE for Linux you download the tarball and double-click the excutable (or start it from a console). Want to install github firewall install? Download tarball, double-click excutable.
  - stonemetal 17y ago
    Actually it is by downloading installers(or at least it has been in my experience. Houdini, Java, etc. )
    - Tichy 17y ago
      Java has been in the repositories for years. Also Ubuntu has an "App Store" for commercial packages now. I haven't tried it, though.
- plesn 17y ago
  +1. My sister is on Ubuntu since years and she had to temporarily switch back to XP : the painful experience she described was just similar to what you usually hear the other way around.
- EricBurnett 17y ago
  I have not found this to be the case. I use Windows full time at home and have used various linuxes full time at work, but I always found that it was easier to correct Windows' pain points (e.g. by installing Cygwin) than it was to fix linux (how to get a decent feeling UI?).

aw3c2 17y ago

Trust me, if you used Linux for some time you will feel the same about Windows. I certainly do. It starts with installing programs by download installers, goes over not having windows dock on each other and ends with having no useful terminal.

barrkel 17y ago
How are commercial apps normally installed on Linux? (I'm presuming it's not by downloading installers.) I'm not a fan of arbitrary window docking - I have my own layout system based on cascading - while Cygwin rxvt provides most of what I want out of a terminal, shell etc.
- gizmo 17y ago
  You download installers, just like you would for Windows. If you want to install Komodo IDE for Linux you download the tarball and double-click the excutable (or start it from a console). Want to install github firewall install? Download tarball, double-click excutable.
- stonemetal 17y ago
  Actually it is by downloading installers(or at least it has been in my experience. Houdini, Java, etc. )
  - Tichy 17y ago
    Java has been in the repositories for years. Also Ubuntu has an "App Store" for commercial packages now. I haven't tried it, though.
plesn 17y ago
+1. My sister is on Ubuntu since years and she had to temporarily switch back to XP : the painful experience she described was just similar to what you usually hear the other way around.
EricBurnett 17y ago
I have not found this to be the case. I use Windows full time at home and have used various linuxes full time at work, but I always found that it was easier to correct Windows' pain points (e.g. by installing Cygwin) than it was to fix linux (how to get a decent feeling UI?).