hunk wrote:My point exactly. Linux needs a streamlined standardized GUI to straighten out the kinks in user experience. Ubuntu is very close, but not quite there yet.
hunk wrote:Why are there so many linux distro's? I get that everyone wants to do their own thing but most distro's are using the same ppa's with their own custom GUI.
hunk wrote:Not sure about Unix based OS's not being for the masses. Apple seems to be doing fine with OSX (also unix based) and I very rarely if ever have to use Terminal when in there.
Childintime wrote:Pfft! Up until a year ago, Mac Mini 2006, bitch!
AJ wrote:Ubuntu pissed me off by providing an ISO that can't be burnt by Macs.
Blue Swirl wrote:AJ wrote:Ubuntu pissed me off by providing an ISO that can't be burnt by Macs.
Wait, what? How can it not be burnt by Macs?
Escape wrote:Easiest way to use Linux? VM Fed?
AJ wrote:Well, not so much that it can't as it takes a whole load of fucking about. I believe it's 'cause the image is combination USB/CD.
AJ wrote:Also, if you're being pedantic, you should insist people say "GNU/Linux". Then you can use it to emphasise the point about it not being Unix, too.
AJ wrote:Oh? I always I thought GNU provides some important parts of the POSIX interface. Guess there's some pretty basic stuff I should know that I don't. What else do people use instead?
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