The Mac-ifying of the Linux Desktop | Linux Today

The Mac-ifying of the Linux Desktop

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JW
Jack Wallen
May 21, 2014

The sheer variety available to the Linux desktop brings with it a level of discussion and debate most other platforms do not know. Which desktop is the best? Should Linux hold onto what has always worked? Should the Linux desktop mimic what others already know? Dare Linux look and feel like OS X?

That last idea is a bit of a conundrum – one with multiple arguments. First and foremost, there is no debating that OS X is a fast-growing platform. It not only has deep roots in Linux architecture, it has been accepted by numerous types of users.

JW

Jack Wallen

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