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Shuttleworth: Linux Power Users Aren’t too Cool for Unity

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 31, 2011

“”There is going to be a crowd that is just too cool to use
something that looks really slick and there is nothing we can do
for them,” Shuttleworth said. “Fortunately in Ubuntu there are tons
of options and lots of choice and ways to skin the cat.”

Shuttleworth stressed that he wants to make sure that the
primary Ubuntu desktop offering is both easy to use, beautiful and
exciting for power users. He added that it would be nice to get
Linus Torvalds in to help with usability testing.


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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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