When most people think about a company's reusable assets, source code
doesn't usually show up on the list, even though millions of dollars are
spent every year on creating and maintaining code. Most large companies are
managing hundreds of millions of lines of code—the majority of which was
purpose-built to solve a specific application problem.
For some reason, Google seems to dislike Google Drive users who prefer
Linux. I find this particularly strange, since Google's Chrome OS is based
on Linux. Thankfully, the folks over at Insync not only provide Linux
support for Google Drive syncing, they do it with style.
Linus Torvalds released 3.11. Prior to 3.11 release, Linus's 3.11-rc7 announcement was posted to his Google Plus page on Linux's 22nd birthday. Here is what he had to say in his nostalgic and reminiscent statement of the passing of time in which so much has been accomplished.
"Hello everybody out there using Linux -
Now that Google Reader is officially gone, most folks have settled on a replacement of some sort. In fact, a few months ago I even went through the process of installing Tiny Tiny RSS as a viable and powerful replacement. At the time, there was only one feature I sorely missed, the "next unread blog" link.
My family is in the middle of moving from one house to another. Part
of that move involves arranging furniture. I'll be honest, I can
move a couch across a room only so many times before I start to think perhaps
there's a better way. Thankfully, there is.
I remember my first colocated server rather fondly. It was a 1U Supermicro that had
been decommissioned from my employer after a few years' service. Although it was too
old and slow for my company, the 800MHz CPU, 1GB RAM and 36GB SCSI storage was
perfect for my needs back in 2005. A friend was kind enough to allow me to colocate
the server at his facility for free.
As I was diving back into Window Maker for this article, it occurred to
me that the desktop manager I used for years with Debian is disturbingly
similar to the Unity Desktop. It's been clear since its inception that
I am not a fan of Ubuntu's new Unity interface, yet it's odd
that for years I loved Window Maker, which seems fairly similar, at
least visually.
From my perspective, one of the best parts of being a Web developer is
the instant gratification. You write some code, and within minutes,
it can be used by people around the world, all accessing your
server via a Web browser.