Inspired by LinusTechTip's latest Linux Daily Driver Challenge, I wanted to take a moment and talk about Linux UX because, let's face it... it sucks.Actually, it's worse than that. Many in the Linux world believe our UI is technically correct and that's objectively wrong.Like it or not, Windows is the dominant operating system. And it's not even close. That means when we're having a conversation about designing a User Experience on Linux-based operating systems, that conversation must be bookended by "how do Windows users expect this to work?" And we need to design for that or else everything falls apart. When I (as a Linux user, FOSS advocate, UI/UX designer, and avowed Microsoft hater) suggest this, I get scoffs from the darkest, most anonymous corners of the web: "This Microslop shill wants to Windoze-ify Guh-Nooo plus Linucks!!"No. I don't want Linux to be more Windows-like. But I do want the most common Linux desktops to behave in a way that PC-literate folks can wrap their mind…
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