“The look, feel, and features of the Linux desktop metaphor and
environment are important ingredients of a good desktop Linux.
Experienced Linux users can, of course, implement and configure
their desktops to look, feel, and function almost any way they
wish…“However, that’s not so for new and inexperienced Linux users,
or for Microsoft Windows users migrating to Linux. They pretty much
are blessed, or stuck, with the default desktop metaphor and
environment of the Linux distribution they choose to install–and
they are pretty much blessed, or stuck, with how the Linux
distribution provider has implemented that desktop
environment…”
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