Ubuntu needs to work on user experience

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He managed to write the entire post without pointing out a single thing he found fault with. Kind of a waste of time.

Look at an Amiga. Find out how Linux is not like an Amiga, UI-wise. That's probably what's wrong with it, from Sassenrath's POV.

Glaring error #1: At Commodore it was a rule that user input should be prioritized over all other processing. This determined things like, for example, how interrupts were prioritized in the kernel. No modern OS does this, resulting in UIs that lag and shudder as the machine restores some process out of swap before getting around to the thing for which it was built: responding to your commands.

Yeah, some examples would be nice. I haven't used Ubuntu in a while but when I did I found the UX pretty good. My wife used it, really didn't notice it was linux, just wanted to know where the web browser was. Since then I've moved on to Windows 7. I should install Ubuntu again to compare.

I've been using Linux (Fedora) for about 6 years now, and sadly I have to agree with the article. Although the newer releases are far better, there are still bugs which hamper user experience. For example, Fedora 12 (and 13 the current release) have a bug where even after switching off my laptop scroll pad through an external button (my laptop has one), the mouse pointer moves every time I touch the pad. There are a few other bugs which are really annoying. Since I'm a CS student, I love Linux and use it for my work, I have the patience and interest to look at solutions and workarounds. I don't think an everyday user would be bothered to do the same.

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