I'm really, really impressed with the responsiveness of the UI. The only OS I recall using that was that responsive was BeOS. Unfortunately, Elementary OS see

I'm really, really impressed with the responsiveness of the UI. The only OS I recall using that was that responsive was BeOS. Unfortunately, Elementary OS seems to have fallen victim to the aesthetics-over-functionality trend that's currently plaguing the software world. The user interface is just too simplistic for this to be a productive OS for day-to-day work. None of the applications specific to this distro seem to have menus or configuration options. I can't put files or directories on the desktop. I tried to use what it came with, but it ended up being to frustrating; I had to install Firefox, Thunar, and Thunderbird instead of using the out-of-box browser, file manager, and email client. I really like some of the basic work that's gone into this OS, but it just doesn't seem like it can be a viable substitute for more full-featured distros.