Re:He hits the nail on the head (Score 1)

Linux is opposed to Unix (BSD for example) in the kernel design, but accepts old solutions like X. Linux is too crude for that task. Its documentation is bad (GNU license for documentation is Bad Thing (TM), so new license will be generated by FSF). CUPS is hard to configure, hackers have no time to print stuff, no reasons to write printer drivers, slow progress in this area. Thus Linux will never win the desktop struggle against MS.

I had not read about new ideas of Apple, but gtk is backward step anyway. It's a MS Windows-like interface (same scrolling vs. old good 3-button classic Unix style). BTW roller on mouse was devised because MS editors have poor moving commands (only arrow keys or infinite mouse clicking). GTK has the same poor design, so my opinion correlates with yours.