open source versus has done a comparison of a XP system, Ubuntu system, and a SUSE 9.3 system. They lay out screenshots of comparable tasks that can be done on each system to see which one looks prettier I suppose.

However, all this comparison did for me was disappoint because it shows how similar Linux desktops are with Windows desktops. This is a good thing I suppose if you want people to make a comfortable transition, but to me it shows lack of innovation. I am sure many of the Linux developers think the desktop paradigm presented by Windows can be improved upon, so it confounds me as to why they would do an almost exact duplicate of the system.

Gnome isn’t as bad as KDE with this since it uses a combination of Windows and Mac features, but still. All of this bitching makes me think I need to write an article on what can be improved with current desktops and try to think of a paradigm of my own.