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Incorrect Assessment
I feel that the comparisons that are drawn are unfair. As you build an interface that appeals to more and more people, you are most certainly have to address usability concerns. In any case this means make things simpler and in every case thus far it means lower security. This is the case in all OS's faced with walking this path whether we are talking about Windows, Ubuntu or OS X.
The difference between Ubuntu and Windows is that under the hood Ubuntu is still a full Linux OS. The guru can still play with all aspects of security and configuration utilizing a strong knowledge of the command line and vi. Trying to implement this level of detail in the GUI would be nearly impossible and at best confusing to the average user that we are trying to draw into Linux.
Now under the hood, Windows is, well.... Windows. It has always been a low powered OS that started on the desktop and hasn't ventured far from its roots. It has been contorted to fit the needs of the enterprise services market but is still approached from the perspective of "How can we control this from the GUI?"
Ubuntu is making great strides to make linux accessible to the general public while making it a viable platform for the guru's of the world as well.
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