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[GerryAllenkkbk]

"With graphical interfaces and easy-to-use tools, usability is now at least on par with that of the leading proprietary competitors." This statement cannot go unchallenged. The vast majority of Windows PCs never see a command line. The vast majority of Linux PCs cannot get along without it. This difference defines the usability chasm between the two OSs. When every set-up and tuning activity for Linux is executed from the GUI, then OS usability will be nearly even.

[CJ100570]

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"With graphical interfaces and easy-to-use tools, usability is now at least on par with that of the leading proprietary competitors." This statement cannot go unchallenged. The vast majority of Windows PCs never see a command line. The vast majority of Linux PCs cannot get along without it. This difference defines the usability chasm between the two OSs. When every set-up and tuning activity for Linux is executed from the GUI, then OS usability will be nearly even.

I don't know when you last used Linux but it is totally possible to never see a command line. I have setup Ubuntu boxes for numerous family members that have no Linux experience and they manage handily to do everything from the GUI. I've been using Linux since the 90's and Ubuntu exclusively since 2005, I haven't used the command line for anything other than programming/editing a sources list, which didn't require the command line but I chose to go that route, in 2 years.

[MKZ1945]

I’m accustomed to using Windows and Ubuntu, although I admit that Windows is the environment I spend most of my computer time in. That’s mostly due to the fact that I’m heavily invested in Windows programs and that’s the environment most business use. I have not found Linux that difficult of an environment and the cost of using it and associated programs is hard to beat, but it’s obvious from the minor changes that occurred between Windows 7 and Windows 8, that there are a few people highly resistant to change. I do believe, however, that the closer the Linux operating system becomes to the Windows operating system, more people and even businesses moving in that direction.

[Lizbeth]

What I want to know before I download 3.4 gigs to try it is whether or not I can move that task bar to the top of the screen where it belongs. Why do these distro makers always put them on the bottom of the screen by default. Have they no sense?