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Originally Posted by ApK
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To novices, it would certainly appear that way. And while the gnu and unix way is hard on novices, it's actually
easier for advanced users. There's an inversion. To sufficiently advanced users, GUI=manual labor. point-click-point-click... one action at a time; it's too slow. The expressive power and speed of the CLI using tools that are interoperable by design and quickly scriptable far exceeds what one can do mousing around in an ecosystem where apps are not designed for interoperability.
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Originally Posted by ApK
The reason pure Linux isn't used on tablets instead of Android? Same reason it still hasn't killed OSX and Windows on the desktop. Times 10.
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First of all, Android OS is the minority (we're not talking phones here- look at the comparison chart). So you're starting with a false premise. And no, it's a whole different set of factors involved. In the 90s, linux was not designed with novices in mind, giving non-linux non-unix GUI-centric systems a big head start, followed by a very slippery slope with copious momentum from users resistant to change, and resistant to using something different than everyone else.
That is not in the slightest the circumstance for which linux-based tablets evolved. It would be as if Ubuntu and Windows had emerged at the same time and users starting from scratch - some of whom have gained some wisdom from how proprietary business models control users options.