If it's not open it's broken.
“Seems like the windows controls are in the wrong place, or at least not correctly ordered. Hope this won’t be the default theme as that would be annoying.”
And with this, a comparatively innocuous first comment on the new artwork for Ubuntu 10.04, a veritable shitstorm of criticism has rolled across the web…
Sorry, no proper post today. My presence is required at the Russian Consulate to hand in paperwork for a Russian tourist Visa — I’m planning to visit Moscow for a big holiday there in May…
Ordinarily I would be as thrilled as any other blogger to be linked to from far and wide across the web, but in this particular case what’s being linked to here from Boycott Novell has little if anything to do with the site’s stated mandate…
Two weeks ago today the Linux Mint blog announced the passing of Mats Geier, well-known in their forums as “Husse”. The 250-plus comments below the post make for a powerful tribute, the likes of which I’ve not seen anywhere else on the web.
As I’ve only dabbled in Mint myself I never had the pleasure of interacting with Mr. Geier on the forums, but I think I know people like him….
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Bleeding edge blogging platforms like Posterous allow you to ping Facebook and Twitter to keep the discussion going; WordPress comments don’t do this by default. And I’m sure you’ve all felt the pain of entering a comment only to notice an embarrassing typo after it’s been published.
I know I have…