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The usability of free/libre/open source projects

Abstract—The open source software is widely spread, yet still unpopular in the personal computer market. The reason for that could be the common opinion that the open source systems are created for advanced users, and that ordinary users do not have the time to learn how to use different user interfaces. Based on our selection and analysis of scientific articles we tried to find the answers to the following questions: is there a usability problem in open source projects, and what could be the solutions? The root of the problem seems to lie in the open source development process itself, where the focus is not placed on the user or usability, but on the system or the programmer.

HCI ; FLOSS ; usability

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