Does Linux Lack a Killer App? | Linux Today

Does Linux Lack a Killer App?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 18, 2014

What Linux needs most is games, said Hyperlogos blogger Martin Espinoza. However, “if you were trying to narrow it down to one app, it would probably still be Photoshop. For all the talk of how great GIMP has become, usability is still an abject nightmare, and in spite of the OSS community’s self-back-patting regarding documentation, there is no documentation for GIMP which is not pathetic.”

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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