Having used most linux distros and Mac OS X (and Windows, but I can't stand it anymore now), unfortunately Linux is very behind in user experience (not just interface, but the whole experience)
Granted, some of this are hardware/drivers issues (like getting suspend/sleep correctly, good wifi drivers, etc)
Maybe Chromebook can make this better.
- Google hand picked the hardware and can provide the best (sw) configuration for it
- Google makes the browser the center of the experience, so as long as the browser works ok, there's very little beyond that (a basic window manager, network manager, basic linux system, etc)
And yes, you're right, it's more close to an "iPad with a keyboard"
Having used most linux distros and Mac OS X (and Windows, but I can't stand it anymore now), unfortunately Linux is very behind in user experience (not just interface, but the whole experience)
Granted, some of this are hardware/drivers issues (like getting suspend/sleep correctly, good wifi drivers, etc)
Maybe Chromebook can make this better.
- Google hand picked the hardware and can provide the best (sw) configuration for it
- Google makes the browser the center of the experience, so as long as the browser works ok, there's very little beyond that (a basic window manager, network manager, basic linux system, etc)
And yes, you're right, it's more close to an "iPad with a keyboard"