On: Amazon's top selling laptop doesn't run Windows or Mac OS, it runs Linux

[drivebyacct2]

So, the dumbification of the computer. That's fine, I guess. I'll be the old foagie at the age of 25 who actually owns a real computer that can do more than one thing at one time.

Funny that people applaud these "simple" interfaces but whine and moan about gnome-shell embracing a simple, full-screen app, full-screen launcher model...

[slurry → drivebyacct2]

I'm talking about simplicity of implementation, not interface.

The fact that you use a windowing system that was designed for remoting but not displaying wigets for not-remoting but displaying widgets does not make you (or me) smarter.

[drivebyacct2 → slurry]

I don't understand what X's network transparency has to do with any of this...

[gte910h → drivebyacct2]

It makes testing software damn hard. You can't justify testing 25 configurations of Linux. There just aren't enough dollars there to justify it.

Chromebook and android each present relatively fewer targets to shoot at.