Linux is struggling on the desktop because it only has a small number of “great” apps, according to the Gnome co-creator. Miguel de Icaza, co-creator of the Gnome desktop, told tech journalist Tim Anderson at the recent Windows 8 Build conference “When you count how many great desktop apps there are on Linux, you can probably name 10,” de Icaza said, according to a post on Anderson’s IT Writing blog. “You work really hard, you can probably name 20. We’ve managed to p*** off developers every step of the way, breaking APIs all the time.”
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Linux has Only 10 Great Desktop Apps
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> “When you count how many great desktop apps there are on Linux,
> you can probably name 10… You work really hard, you can probably
> name 20…”
Wow, that many? The Linux ecosystem is growing so fast. No wonder market share is rocketing towards 1%.