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Examining the Usability of Gnome, Unity and KDE

Posted by timothy on from the such-wimps-all-of-'em dept.

gbjbaanb writes "TechRadar has gathered a few users and subjected the 3 main Linux desktops to some usability testing for both experienced users and some new to the whole concept." I'm glad to see such ongoing comparisons; they encourage cross-pollination of the best ideas. On the other hand, it's a little bit like trying to determine the "best" dessert; even the most elaborate attempts to find statistical consensus won't answer the question of what's best for any particular user.

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  1. Determining the best turd by Mitreya · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Ok, please don't mark this as a troll. But a study that compares each of these to Windows would probably be more useful. You can talk about many shortcomings of Windows, but they pretty much have usability figured out, right?
    Why does Linux live in a separate world? I know everyone on slashdot claims that their grandma uses [some linux] for years now... but I bet that a usability study between any window manager and Windows (good Windows -- 2000/XP/7) will not go well for Gnome/Unity/KDE. Personally, I work on Linux, but my home/personal machines have always been running Windows.