Linux UI is crap compared to Mac.
It's a server or developer box first and a non-technical user second.
It's a server or developer box first and a non-technical user second.
On Linux there is variety and choice, which some folks dislike.
But on the Mac I get whatever Apple gives me, and that is often subject to the limitations of corporate attention spans and development budgets.
Should Emacs and Vim both be called "Editor" then?
To me, this is actually a great example of the problems with Linux as a community, that GUI applications seem to just be treated as placeholders (e.g., all word processors are the same?), but then its inconsistent by celebrating the unique differences between editors like Vim and Emacs. Photoshop, Excel, Logic Pro, Final Cut Pro are, in my opinion, crown jewels of what we've accomplished in computing, and by extension some of the greatest creations of the human race, democratizing tasks that in some cases would have cost millions of dollars before (e.g., a recording studio in your home). Relegating these to generic names like "spreadsheet", makes them sound interchangeable, when in my opinion they're each individual creations of great beauty that should wear their names with pride. They've helped improve the trajectory of the human race by facilitating many individuals to perform actions they never would have had the resources to do otherwise.
I've used some distributions in which they were. Tooltips and icons were provided to disambiguate. Worked for me.
Other distributions name applications explicitly, some place them in a folder together named "Editors".
None of the distributions I've used place either in a corporate branded subfolder as is typical on Windows and Mac.
Freedom of choice is wonderful.
But, to your point, even I'll admit the fact that the Photoshop is called "Adobe Photoshop 2025" is annoying lol.
And arbitrary turf wars like their war against web apis/apps causing more friction for devs and end users.