[ Thanks to James
Maguire for this link. ]
“Not long ago, the overwhelming issue on the Linux
desktop was catching up with Windows and OS X. Partly, the concern
was usability, but it also included the need for a rich ecosystem
of utilities.“But some time in the last few years, that goal was reached, so
quietly that exactly when is impossible to say. Some might still
quibble over a feature or two, but the competitiveness of the free
desktop is strong enough that equaling rivals no longer seems a
major concern.“Instead, the Linux desktop has become the testing ground for
exactly what the future of computing will be. It is not the only
place where such testing is taking place, but the speed of
development and the frequency of releases for GNOME, KDE, and other
alternatives often places the free desktop at the center of
experiment and innovation.“In fact, there are at least seven issues with which various
versions of the free desktop are struggling.”