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Linux Hater’s Blog

Posted on August 26, 2008 by Nick

I ran across the Linux Hater’s Blog a few weeks ago, and have been absolutely transfixed by it since. The blog is a great perspective on how poor the usability of Linux is… it is really poor, in case anyone … Continue reading →

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Not So Clear Dialog in ClearCase

Posted on June 15, 2008 by Nick

This is something that I ran across using a version control system that perplexed me. It couldn’t hit me more as a poor case of alerting in an application. ClearCase is a version control package owned now by IBM. I … Continue reading →

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The Great Ubuntu-Girlfriend Experiment

Posted on April 28, 2008 by Nick

Content Consumer has a usability review up of the latest Ubuntu 8.04 release, Hardy Heron. Using twelve tasks, ranging from the everyday to the less common, the review points out several of the problems Linux still has with reaching the … Continue reading →

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