Re: Why are they all the same?
What Jake said.
Even the article author seems to agree that the only real difference between how desktops work is the choice of taskbar and menu system. Workbench, Gem, Windows, Gnome, KDE etc, I've used 'em all. All follow the same paradigm of windows, icons, mouse, pointer, or WIMP. Just like when Xerox invented it. Everything else is a just a minor difference. Most users would probably quite quickly find their way around any windowing-like desktop.
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