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dylangs1030 on March 6, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Gnome cofounder: Desktop Linux is a Chernobyl of F...

That's complicated. In one sense Ubuntu has not failed because of how user-friendly it is. It certainly is the flagship distribution nowadays.

But it's not a success in the context mentioned in the article. It's simply not as easy to use as a Mac environment.

michaelwww on March 6, 2013 [–]

But he concludes "Linux just never managed to cross the desktop chasm." Direct quote in conclusion. That's a far cry from saying Ubuntu is not as easy to use as a Mac.

dylangs1030 on March 8, 2013 | [–]

Do you find Ubuntu as easy to use as a Mac?

michaelwww on March 11, 2013 | | [–]

No. But it did manage to cross "the desktop chasm" and it is usable http://www.edubuntu.org/about

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