I really like gnome3, but I'ts kind of sad to realize the main video on the frontpage (for a wonderful new desktop experience) shows only two desktop applications: gedit editing an html file, and firefox with firebug to fix that same code. And a fake IM session with a loremipsum in it.
I understand the gnome desktop may not have many shiny artisty apps as OSX, but this feels a tad too nerdy.
We're not representative of the linux userbase anymore - increasingly it is used by students, home users and office workers that aren't necessarily technical. That's the demographic they should be appealing to and they're more interested in social and media related apps.
>We're not representative of the linux userbase anymore.
> increasingly it is used by students, home users and office workers that aren't necessarily technical.
citations, please. it's one thing where the developers of gnome/linux WANT it to be used by this demographic, it's another to claim that it's happening (and to claim that HN users don't use it anymore).
I just know, statcounter claims Linux has 1% worldwide desktop website-visitors and Wikipedia has statistics that say: 2% of the Wikipedia visitors is a Linux-desktop user. Half of that is an Ubuntu user.
All mobile (non-desktop) users combined statcounter claims is also around 1%
I understand the gnome desktop may not have many shiny artisty apps as OSX, but this feels a tad too nerdy.