Desktop Dreaming | Linux Today

Desktop Dreaming

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 12, 2007

“There are Linux users that have little use for productivity
suites, and depend instead on a simple text editor, which has all
the functions any one man or woman could need, and makes files that
everyone can read. This method of communicating with the outside
world is all too obvious for those of us who have learned their
craft with a keyboard and a command line, and have never depended
on the click of a mouse for access to a computer. Once upon a time
Linux users prided themselves on lack of bloat and simplicity of
use. But times have changed.

“Since increasing numbers of Windows users have deserted their
roots and infiltrated the citadel, Linux users have changed their
expectations…”

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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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