“The promise of Desktop Linux (DL) has been long coming. It’s
made significant progress since the mid-90s when GNOME and KDE came
out, giving Linux users a somewhat modern desktop to work upon.
However, it’s been 7 years and DL hasn’t progressed much at all
since then. Today, DL is still nothing more than a UNIX-clone with
a task bar, a start menu, and a desktop with some icons on it. But
why has DL evolved at such a glacial pace?“Here are the reasons: lack of organization among separate
projects, lack of standards, and an unwillingness to fix bad design
which leads to counter productiveness. I’ll explain all of this in
detail…”