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I don't think being a Windows clone helps with adoption because you often end up with people getting wound up Linux looks familiar but behaves completely differ
by laumars 8y ago
I don't think being a Windows clone helps with adoption because you often end up with people getting wound up Linux looks familiar but behaves completely differently. Then all of Linux's differences are seen as problems (because it's not behaving as expected) rather than perfectly reasonable design decisions.
I'd rather Linux look different. I'm not saying it has to look alien nor hard to use either. But different enough that when people choose to use it, they come to it with a mindset that they can't just treat it like a Windows clone.
- Koshkin 8y agoWell, MacOS behaves “completely differently,” too, so what? (By the way, Windows has been behaving completely differently from itself over the past few versions.)
- laumars 8y agoI can't tell if you're disagreeing with me or not because the tone reads as if you're making a counterargument but your arguments are actually agreeing with me. > Well, MacOS behaves “completely differently,” too, so what? ...so when people come to use OS X they don't expect it to work like Windows and thus are more tolerant to having to alter their workflow accordingly. Which is the point I'm making about how Linux harms itself when it tried to emulate Windows too closely. > (By the way, Windows has been behaving completely differently from itself over the past few versions.) Yes, and people complain frequently about it. I don't see how that contradicts the point I was making.