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Originally Posted by arjaybe
We have the same problem over here in Linuxland. People revolted when KDE and Gnome (desktop environments) made major changes, and when Ubuntu debuted their own. Most of us just carried on, adapting to the changes, and I expect it was the same in Windowsland.
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With Windows 8 it was more than just the Start Button (or lack of it). At least in the earliest editions (I haven't really followed or read much about later editions) there was also the fact that specific windows couldn't be resized and there was the schizophrenic desktop which, apparently, wouldn't always allow you to close applications. My brother has been a Windows programmer for years. He simply won't touch Windows 8.
As for "Linuxland" -- while it's true many (maybe most) just eventually accepted the new Gnome, the new KDE or Unity, the fact that Linux is open means that not all of us were stuck with the new Desktops. I, for example, held on to Gnome 2 until Mate came along. Linux Mint also made their own Cinnamon (built on Gnome 3, I believe, but more "traditional"). And there are many more, like Xfce (which I used on Vector Linux), JWM, Fluxbox, LXDE ... and probably at least 30 others. In "Windowsland" you're stuck with what Redmond thinks you should want. And, let's face it, their main reason for pushing the Metro UI (by whatever name) is that they wanted to build a Windows Market, like Apple's or Google's Play Store, where they could control content and profit off each sale. The fact that Windows 8.x adoption has been even slower than Vista's adoption (and that they're rushing out Windows 10) shows how little appeal the new desktop had.