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"How tiny commuting app Transit is beating Google Maps"
From the article:
"Ultimately, Vermette knows, a tiny commuter’s app that focuses on buses and trains is not going to beat the massive, well-funded, and multifunction Google Maps — in downloads, users, and time spent in app."
Gotta say when I clicked on the link that wasn't the kind of board I was expecting at all. Good on you man! I've been too scared to switch back to smaller wheels after a few months on some soft 60mm's, but you may have just convinced me to go back.
I can see the value to your other points, but which desktop environment would you suggest over Unity? I always thought it was a pretty good fit for these type of things but my experience with other Linux desktop environments is pretty limited.
My parents have fallen for this sort of thing within days of getting a new computer. It's so hard to get rid of and it made them feel like they were downloading viruses when they were really downloading legitimate software. It's a shame you've ended up having to do stuff like this when you are performing what should be, totally secure installs.
I would be more outraged if the video actually showed him tapping the other candidates to prove that they worked correctly. He says that tapping the others worked fine but there is no proof of this in the video.
Exactly what I thought, I have been going through the comments and seems to be something that most people don't think about, without video evidence to support what the voter says I call it lying.
I really did want to like Gnome 3 but just nothing about it made me want to use it over Unity. I'm a fairly new Linux user who has used quite a bit of Unity, Gnome 3 and Gnome 2. Gnome 2 is great, I wouldn't hold onto Gnome 3 just because I want to stay away from Unity. Without add-ons of some kind Gnome 3 was completely unusable for anything I wanted to use it for.
Just as a counterpoint: I'm of exactly the opposite opinion. I just couldn't get used to unity. The full-screen assumptions in early versions were baked too far into the metaphor and I just couldn't get it to do what I wanted. Gnome 3, on the other hand, brought new stuff to the table (like the dynamic desktops) which actually improved my workflow. It wasn't a clean transition, but I actually prefer it now.
Same thing here. Gnome Shell integrates perfectly with my workflow while Unity does not. I would like to leave Gnome 3 for something better, but that thing is definitely not Unity. I really don't understand all the hate about Gnome 3. There is pros and cons like every other window manager. I use it everyday (mainly for coding and system administration) and it's very stable and it got everything I need and well configured by default.
When I see people complaining about being capped at 50kb/s speeds it makes me sad to live in New Zealand where our capped speeds are about 15kb/s at best.
im always amazed that the developing nation i live in (we used to call it third world....) has no hidden caps or nonsenseontheir mobile, or non-mobileinternet plans, you get exactlywhat you pay for,spelled out clearly, andits steongly enforced by thecourts.
and no, there is no censorship or anything either. i dont have quite the same speeds as theus does, buti get ehat ipay for, andits cheap.
what developing nation is that? (I ask because I also live in a "developing" nation which has some of the highest per capita broadband charges in the world)
From the article: "Ultimately, Vermette knows, a tiny commuter’s app that focuses on buses and trains is not going to beat the massive, well-funded, and multifunction Google Maps — in downloads, users, and time spent in app."
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