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Story: Linux must be slicker to grab desktop space

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I migrated away from Windows and Windows related software personally about five years ago. Part of the reson for migrating was indeed the fact that the Linux Desktop environment is so much "slicker" (feature rich) than anything Windows has including the latest offering of XP. I think it strange that so much press comments on this issue. A Linux user feels confined and grossly limited on a Windows machine. I know because I work with Linux, Windows 98, Windows NT and XP at my work. Usability features such as "virtural desktops", "rollup windows", "advanced window placement", "window pagers", "multiple X window sessions", "remote X window sessions", and the list goes on and on, are things the average Linux user enjoys, things MS Windows lacks completely or only has the ability with addon (read additional cost) software. And the desktop environment is just the beginning of advanced usability features that Linux (and indeed other *nix's) have had for some time now. I use the KDE desktop manager on my Linux IBM Thinkpad and find it makes Windows XP feel very primitive. Windows is still good for games though ... but I have a Play Station 2 for that (I don't play computer games much in all fairness).

Anyway, when I see articles that make such comments about "slickness" and such, I have to wonder if the writer used a Linux desktop long enough to experience all the "slick" features. It takes a little while to brake out of the MS Windows box to explore the benefits of new, unthinkable (by MS users anyway) features found in Linux systems.

Just my 2 cents.

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