Self-described mobile phone cynic and “father of Linux” Linus Torvalds decided to get a Google Nexus One the other day. And while the customer service lines may be clogged over the phone’s performance, Daddy Linux is positively pleased as punch. More »
Painted on Plexiglas, The Trinity offers blessings from the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit of the Linux, Apple and Microsoft cults. We’ll let the commenters hash out who’s who. [Flickr via iPhone Savior]
Sarah of Lifehacker AU notoriety (Gawd bless ‘er) yesterday did what computer geeks everywhere would gladly kill for – interview computing legend Linus Torvalds. So what’s the man like? A gadget hound? An evil amazing genius? Frankly, the answers are quite surprising and compelling at the same time. Hit the link for the full interview.[Lifehacker AU]
A piece by Lee Gomes in the WSJ argues that Linux has a long way to go. Proof of this, he says, is the fact that even back in the open-source mother country, Finland, Linus Torvalds’ father and sister use Windows, not Linux. (His mother, however, apparently does use Linux.) Regardless of what Torvalds’ dad might think, Linus did get some Windows trash talk in there: More »
