I think there is actually a psychological reason behind Linux users bashing innovative UI. Those who use Linux in the home are more pre-disposed to science and mathematics. They use it because they're computer geeks, plain and simple. As such, the artistic portion of their brain is not as well developed, hence they get limited positive response from artistic innovation.
I think it's also not a surprise that not only are most Linux UI set-ups quite ugly and painfully minimalistic, but that most Linux users either don't care or actually find them attractive. This is in stark contrast to your average non-geeky computer user whose artistic portion of the brain is more developed and whose scientific portion is less so. Every non-geek I have ever asked to compare UI of MacOS and Windows to anything on Linux (KDE, Gnome, Fluxbox, etc) unanimously chose MacOS and Windows (specifically XP, not 98 which is what Linux is closer to), and I don't think this has anything to do with their past experience and clinging to what they're used to.
On the plus side, I think that screenshots from the newest version of KDE show a lot of promise. I have no doubt that Linux UI advances in the next 5 years will be up to par for non-geeks.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I just browsed around and these books are not actually "available" to read in full. The only pages you can get at are those with matches to your search. You can't just choose to go to page 1, and click "next page" until you get to the end of the book. If you want to actually read these books in full, try something like http://www.online-literature.com/
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I think there is actually a psychological reason behind Linux users bashing innovative UI. Those who use Linux in the home are more pre-disposed to science and mathematics. They use it because they're computer geeks, plain and simple. As such, the artistic portion of their brain is not as well developed, hence they get limited positive response from artistic innovation.
I think it's also not a surprise that not only are most Linux UI set-ups quite ugly and painfully minimalistic, but that most Linux users either don't care or actually find them attractive. This is in stark contrast to your average non-geeky computer user whose artistic portion of the brain is more developed and whose scientific portion is less so. Every non-geek I have ever asked to compare UI of MacOS and Windows to anything on Linux (KDE, Gnome, Fluxbox, etc) unanimously chose MacOS and Windows (specifically XP, not 98 which is what Linux is closer to), and I don't think this has anything to do with their past experience and clinging to what they're used to.
On the plus side, I think that screenshots from the newest version of KDE show a lot of promise. I have no doubt that Linux UI advances in the next 5 years will be up to par for non-geeks.
That doesn't seem right. The page I linked to had the full text of Orwell's 1984 , for example, and that was published in 1949.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I just browsed around and these books are not actually "available" to read in full. The only pages you can get at are those with matches to your search. You can't just choose to go to page 1, and click "next page" until you get to the end of the book. If you want to actually read these books in full, try something like http://www.online-literature.com/