Comment by MonkeyClub
3 years ago
> yes, very much including Linux
That makes perfect sense for that period, the Linux desktop experience was, well, not atrocious, but definitely left things to be desired.
3 years ago
> yes, very much including Linux
That makes perfect sense for that period, the Linux desktop experience was, well, not atrocious, but definitely left things to be desired.
Well a lot had to be configured especially for non-standard hardware. But generally it was far more stable and snappy than Windows. Also constant reinstalling and rebooting wasn't necessary. The QNX demo was nice but to be fair you couldn't do much with it unless you wrote your own software I guess...
It wasn't just that: it was much worse at handling multi-tasking and keeping the UI responsive, than either of those. But so was Windows, to be fair.
I'm pretty sure it's not much better now but hardware's powerful enough to make that less-painful.