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  • Combination of the words "Andri" and "Droid"
  • Sysadmin, developer and a student
  • Born in Reykjavík, Iceland
  • Studying in Aalborg, Denmark
  • Not the Google project
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Has Linux failed on the desktop?

Posted Mon, 11/23/2009 - 23:06 by andri

In reply to: The market has rejected Linux desktops. Get over it.

Techrepublic's editor has written this fine blog post about why Linux has failed on the desktop and why it will never succeed. I respectfully disagree and will explain why that is.

Agile Sysadmin - A "short" rant

Posted Sat, 11/14/2009 - 11:33 by andri

I came across an interesting lecture today from @bitfield about agile sysadmins with the amusing little question, "is your sysadmin dumber than a hamster".

I recommend following his presentation or reading the summary because he does bring up some real issues with most system administrators.

Google introduces Tasks to Gmail, no off-switch

Posted Wed, 07/15/2009 - 09:50 by andri


When I logged on to me email this morning something new was waiting for me in my Gmail account. A brand spanking new "Tasks" button! Which would be great, except I don't like Google's task manager.

  • It lacks synchronization features, hence not usable for my mobile
  • It's fairly limited, feels like someone puked a bit of Javascript code on my tasklist
  • It's not my tasklist of choice, I'd rather have RTM or Getting Things Gnome.

But why can't I turn this off? It used to be an optional labs feature, but now it's just in there. It looks extremely confusing when I add my RTM (Remember the Milk) gadget to Gmail and then I have two 'Tasks' gadgets.

I would like to be able to remove this, without any Greasemonkey magic, please.