Great article. However, you didn't address one of my main gripes about any of the Linux variants -- they follow the "brain dead" Microsoft approach of ataching the menu bar to the file, rather than running it accross the top like Apple has since the very first Mac. It may be just my personal preference, but I find the Mac menu system to be far superior. I tend to have upwards of ten apps open at any one time...and when each window has its own menu it get confusing fast. With the Mac I always know wherre the correct menu is -- with the other systems, I often find myself clicking on the wrong menu -- attached to a different file. Then I have to fix the file I just changed -- then locate the correct window an apply my changes. This alone keeps me using and loving the Mac. Then again, Adobe Photshop isn't available for Linux, either. I don't want to start any flame wars, but Adobe's interface is simply superior to anything else I've used. The Gimp is a great effort, but for all out productivity -- I'm afraid theat Photoshop is far superior.
I still enjoyed your article. Anyone tried running KDE in Apple's X11 under OS X?