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Mint Desktop Linux

Posted on: Friday, February 22nd, 2008 in: Linux, Usability

I just installed the Mint Desktop Linux and I’ve got to say it’s pretty slick.
Seamless so far.  Better UI than Ubuntu and so far it doesn’t have the annoying temporary lockup that Ubuntu and gOS had for me (every 5mins or so the system would look solid for about 5 seconds).
If it doesn’t lock up, […]

Die Facebook Die

Posted on: Thursday, February 21st, 2008 in: General

I just disabled my Facebook account. It’d been a long time coming, but I now think Facebook is mainly a voluntary spam service.
You sign up. You get spammed (App Invitations). The sleazy thing about it is that rather than being spammed by some faceless salesperson, you’re getting spammed by your friends and […]