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Boston Globe: Linux makeover

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 25, 1999

Thanks to Hai Vo-Ba for this
link.

“Even in the software business, looks matter. Which is why the
red-hot Linux operating system is getting some cosmetic
surgery.”

“The solution is clear enough. Linux needs a good graphical user
interface, or GUI, like Apple Computer Inc.’s Macintosh or
Microsoft’s Windows. Nearly everybody uses GUI-type computers
today. Instead of typing commands, we point and click at images on
the screen.”

“I’ve got the two most popular Linux GUIs running on my home
machines, and both of them are just good enough to make me wish
they were better.”

“The best-behaved of the two is a German product called KDE”

“Gnome is pretty, but it’s also pretty buggy.”


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Web Webster

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