Linux… One of the problems with Linux is its lack of tasteful aesthetic. Linux seems to have always been designed by programmers—at least thats the impression I’m getting. It always tries, but it always falls short revealing its clumsy, unpolished edges. It’s getting better, but it’s not there yet.

One of the most glaring things that always pops out at me is a disregard for healthy whitespace. Whitespace: the empty space between one piece of content and another, or between that content and the edges of its bounding box. Whitespace helps you show hierarchy. It also makes things look so much less cluttered.

Here’s a screenshot from the latest release of Linux Mint. Check out the menu bar at the bottom of the screen:

The font size is probably a point too large, but that’s not the worst issue here. The worst issue is j...