How User Revolts Shaped the Linux Desktop | Linux Today

How User Revolts Shaped the Linux Desktop

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Bruce Byfield
Jul 10, 2019

Between 2008 and 2011, KDE, Ubuntu, and Gnome all released radically new interfaces. The mediocre reception received by all three has left developers so cautious that innovation on Linux desktop environments has been curtailed, except for minor changes. Yet innovation on the desktop is long overdue.

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Bruce Byfield

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