▲ Post: #1 ▼

Whitson Gordon, Lifehacker writer and former linux devotee, has gone Windows. Will we see future helpful hints on Lifehacker for linux anymore? He seemed to be the only writer that catered to the linux crowd.

▲ Post: #2 ▼

(17-02-2012 07:00 AM)yugnip Wrote:  Whitson Gordon, Lifehacker writer and former linux devotee, has gone Windows. Will we see future helpful hints on Lifehacker for linux anymore? He seemed to be the only writer that catered to the linux crowd.

"He chose poorly." Key up Indiana Jones Music

Kantoquad

▲ Post: #3 ▼

Never heard of him, was he in 'Star Wars' ????.

▲ Post: #4 ▼

yugnip Wrote:..Whitson Gordon, Lifehacker writer and former linux devotee, has gone Windows. Will we see future helpful hints on Lifehacker for linux anymore? He seemed to be the only writer that catered to the linux crowd..

Quoting Gordon himself:

"As I mentioned, I used to be a diehard Mac and Linux user, but about a year ago I did a complete 180 and switched to Windows full time—and I'm absolutely loving it. It has much more freedom than OS X, without the pain that comes with Linux, and a bigger software selection than both. Plus, it performs really well, and doesn't make me restart to play my favorite games—which is far more of an annoyance than I feel like it should be."

Sounds like instead of the "diehard Mac and Linux user" he describse himself as formerly being, that he may have been at best a tentative user who never actually purged himself of his attachment to Windows.

Like any addict Gordon has returned to the product that gives what he perceives to be the biggest fix. I remember days like that early on when I first started with Linux, so I don't fault him for using Windows, only for using the "diehard" label to describe his one time attachment to Mac and Linux. That's obviously a misstatement of fact.

▲ Post: #5 ▼

I don't know about that, but I do know I have enjoyed his articles. I have also referenced Lifehacker as a go-to spot for tutorials, especially as concerns dual-booting either mac/linux or windows/linux.

▲ Post: #6 ▼

I have noticed in the last few months that there are fewer Linux articles on the site I guess I now know why. Sad to see...

▲ Post: #7 ▼

This was my reference Wolfman