Like most designers on the web, I mourned at the news of the death of Steve Jobs.
Last month, Ubuntu released the new version of its operating system, 9.10. I've been using Ubuntu for over two years on my home desktop, and have documented some of my struggles and victories with it here.
I've written occasionally about my experiences with Ubuntu Linux. Since I got accustomed to the system, everything has been overwhelmingly positive, especially when it relates to using Ubuntu for programming. Predominantly, I program in PHP and Ruby on Rails, depending on the project.
Recently, to my great jealousy, my wife bought a MacBook for graduate school.
So I've been successfully using Ubuntu for two weeks now. I have several initial reactions, and other thoughts.
I have Mac envy. Badly. A month or so ago, I had a hard drive crash that lost lots of important data.
Jonathan Stegall is a web designer and emergent / emerging follower of Jesus currently living in Atlanta, seeking to abide in the creative tension between theology, spirituality, design, and justice.
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