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5 Reasons Why Twitter’s Growth CAN Be Stopped
I love Mashable (I used to write for them). I love Vadim Lavrusik, one of their authors. And I really love Twitter (I’m @andrewmin). But I really have to disagree with Lavrusik’s piece on 5 Reasons Why Twitter’s Growth Cannot Be Stopped. Honestly, Twitter not only can be stopped, I believe that it most likely WILL be stopped in the near future.
Why games are the key to Linux adoption
I just ordered my first computer yesterday: 4GB RAM, a 250 GB SATA 3gb/s hard drive, a 2.53GHz Core 2 Duo processor, a Nvidia 9800 graphics card, and a comfortable 20″ monitor. But while these were all expensive (especially the video card), none of them compared to one item on the list: Windows. That’s the hope that Linux companies must look forward to.
A Linux Christmas
We finally got our huge Christmas tree in this year, which means that our house decorations are finally done. That’s great, because now I have time for other important decorations: my Linux box.
The Reasons to Avoid Google Code: A response
Recently, I came across the interesting but slightly flawed article by Roman (rm). Basically, the article argues that Google Code should be avoided because it requires you to log into a Google account in order to work, the backend itself is non-free, the AGPL is not accepted, and there is a limit on how many projects can be created. While it does have some good arguments, I’d like to respond to a few of Roman’s points.
Why I moved to Gnome
I’ve been a KDE user basically since I started using Linux. The Qt toolkit’s default theme was much more visually appealing than GTK+, KDE’s purple and silver (remember back when there was no blue to speak of in Kubuntu?) was a nicer mix than Ubuntu’s orange and brown, and the KDE apps were pretty awesome. Despite this, I’m now sitting here in front of a clean Ubuntu Intrepid install.
