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gitorious.org - the free open source hosting service (came first) gitorious.com - the commercial company behind it (came later) getgitorious.com - official doc, starting point etc …

Thanks for that. BTW our new official home page can be found at http://getgitorious.com :)

It used to be, but now you can simply use the automated installer: http://getgitorious.com/installer

mattdebord and estel: I'm one of the core Gitorious committers. What specifically did you find messy? The initial setup or GUI/UX? Honest question, as we're constantly trying to pr…

Exact same reasons here. I love being able to suspend, resume and clone VM dev environments, and there's plenty of OS X software I really don't want to give up outside of dev work …

Agree on Vagrant, great for headless deployment/testing workflows.

I was on a 11" Air until last week, transitioned to a 13" Macbook Pro this weekend. Performance was a bit sluggish when running a full Ubuntu desktop inside a VM on the Air, but fe…

I can relate to the OP: I like OSX for general work, but prefer Linux for programming workflow and tooling (mainly because of the debian package system). My solution from now on is…

I use the "ultimate" model (blank keys) just fine with my Mac Mini and MacBook Air, no issues.

I'm using the Das Keyboard Ultimate at home. Have played a few pc games (both FPS and RTS games) without any issues.

http://railsplayground.com specializes in RoR hosting - they offer both shared hosting, vps and dedicated servers. Extremely rapid and competent service. I've used them for both my…

Found my Better Half. Fathered my daughter. Built v.1 of http://thoughtmuse.com singlehandedly on nights and weekends, in under five months (as estimated).

I record quick thoughts with pen and paper on a small pad I carry with me everywhere. For more intensive work I use mindmapping. Either on whiteboard, or using http://thoughtmuse.c…

Javascript: Start with Douglas Crockfords "Javascript: The Good Parts". Excellent, terse primer on safe Javascript development. Startups: Read content by people like Peter Graham, …

Good point, will definately look at adding some more hints/teasers of other stuff that can be done. I'm also planning on producing some good content (articles and screencasts) on w…