> If you want Linux to be a primary end-user OS, it needs to stop trying to approximate the experiences of other OSes, and provide an experience the others don'

> If you want Linux to be a primary end-user OS, it needs to stop trying to approximate the experiences of other OSes, and provide an experience the others don't. For some, this is the freedom (source, legal, configuration) that others don't provide. For nearly everyone else, this is "I want to be able to accomplish something. Make it possible, or where it's possible make it better." > The closest thing to this I've found is Ubuntu's Unity, which makes some specific desktop tasks more intuitive than on other OSes. Seems weird to me: for me Unity just cloned the UI / UX of Mac (single menu, dock, alt-tab switcher). I've always liked KDE which was more Windows-like but ahead of Windows in providing searchable app launcher (Start menu for Windows users) way before Windows did. (My point is: if you don't like Ubuntu with Unity then remember on Linux you have lots of choices.)