usability

Help Net Security: "Many people think that Linux is immune to the type of Autorun attacks that have plagued Windows systems with malware over the years.

However, there have been many advances in the usability of Linux as a desktop OS - including the addition of features that can allow Autorun attacks."

Some Linux design decisions seem like hangovers from Windows-land. But, unlike Windows, Linux does not need to be protected from itself, so why hang on to old habits?

nowwhatthe: "Matthias complained Gnome builds a great user experience on inferior technology, KDE creates super technology while not doing enough on usability. He's not wrong."

IT World: "So how does Ubuntu fare against other operating systems? Is there a home for Windows and OS X expatriates?"

ars Technica: "The participants at the hackfest are aiming to improve the usability of existing applications, enhance the look and feel of the desktop with new theming concepts, and brainstorm ideas for extending the functionality of the new shell."

Nuxified: "GNOME is facing a fairly major shift next year with GNOME 3.0 and the introduction of GNOME Shell, possibly comparable to the shift KDE had with its 4.0 release.

I could argue that the GNOME shift would be even more dramatic, thus taking an even larger risk."

LinuxPlanet: "Point and click as a standard of usability? What is this, pre-school? It seems what these folks really want are Fisher-Price computers."

An alien’s viewpoint: "Desktop Activities is a desktop usability concept that allows you to have multiple style and other settings for your desktop or desktops.

There you have it, my attempt at a one sentence definition."

The following article presents a status report on the development of five of the most active notation software projects for Linux.

Most of them are works in progress, but all are well along on their development track and in varying states of usability.

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Both ATI and Nvidia allows consumers to transcode video with the GPU. We compare speed, quality, and usability to transcoding with the CPU.