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Re: Finding the Best Programming Font

Mahesh Asolkar — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 10:44:48 -0000

These days I am increasingly looking for monospace fonts that have powerline characters. Currently liking Iosevka (https://github.com/be5invis... a lot. Hack (https://sourcefoundry.org/h... is another one I like.

Thanks for pointers to the fonts in the article and good analysis.

Re: RIP Inbox: Google says its experimental mail client will be killed in March 2019

Mahesh Asolkar — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 22:49:23 -0000

Man, going back to Gmail on desktop and mobile is going to be a drag 😖. I hope Gmail cleans up its act by March

Re: First Spartan Browser Screenshot (IE12 Replacement) Is Here

Mahesh Asolkar — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 14:07:26 -0000

I would like to think that they are working on rendering engine, standards compliance etc. at the moment. Chrome/UI will hopefully follow.

Re: Newly Developed Lithium-ion Batteries Have Lifespan of Over 20 Years

Mahesh Asolkar — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 17:01:49 -0000

Personally, I am more eager to see better battery life of gadgets than better lifespan of batteries. I would be more interested in 2x/3x current battery life per charge than frequently charging the same battery for 20 years.

Re: PSA netflix ubuntu now working out of the box

Mahesh Asolkar — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 16:16:12 -0000

I guess Microsoft can now set Silverlight to rest. Did it serve any other purpose than keeping Netflix off of Linux?

Re: Giveaway: Win a Canon 7D Mark II and a 18-135mm Lens

Mahesh Asolkar — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 15:53:14 -0000

Trey Ratcliff

Re: Feedly on Mobile

Mahesh Asolkar — Sat, 02 Aug 2014 01:25:39 -0000

I've been using Feedly on desktop (browsers) and mobile (native) ever since Google Reader closed down. I've been extremely satisfied.

I tried a news reader app from Digg for a while. But Feedly is clearly the best.

Re: End a phone call by pressing the Power button

Mahesh Asolkar — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 21:29:21 -0000

This is a pretty half-baked feature - for the reason @david mentions; unless there is a complimentary feature that turns the screen ON with volume buttons. Is there?

Re: Bitcasa vs Google Drive: head-to-head review

Mahesh Asolkar — Mon, 19 May 2014 18:32:48 -0000

Bitcasa's Linux usage model is pretty good too. You just mount your Bitcasa drive as any other drive. Once mounted you treat it as any other directory on your system.

Re: Four Alternatives to Ubuntu One

Mahesh Asolkar — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 14:01:01 -0000

My choice as well. It is not included in the top 4, but mentioned in 'other options'.

Re: Four Alternatives to Ubuntu One

Mahesh Asolkar — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 14:00:00 -0000

I am upset with Bitcasa for changing their pricing recently, but they still have competitive pricing. Their new Linux client works well too. Having said that, I am seriously upset with them for turning around on their 'Infinite Storage' promise.

Re: Thunderbird Add-on for the week

Mahesh Asolkar — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 14:22:21 -0000

Exquilla and Lightning immediately come to my mind. I use them extensively.

Re: Google confirms it’s working on an update to fix Google Authenticator for iOS data losses

Mahesh Asolkar — Wed, 04 Sep 2013 04:03:16 -0000

Damn, read this few minutes too late :(

Re: Fly Vim, First-Class

Mahesh Asolkar — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 17:07:48 -0000

Looks good! I am not on Mac myself. If there's anyone who has used this, how does it compare with spf13? https://github.com/spf13/sp... - which thankfully runs on Linux and Windows too!

Re: Apple rolls out iOS 6.1 update

Mahesh Asolkar — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:25:54 -0000

I was stuck in a loop reading the last sentence, trying to make sense of it. Until I changed 'not' to 'note'. Phew!

Re: Netflix on Ubuntu Is Here | iheartubuntu

Mahesh Asolkar — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 00:58:31 -0000

Sounds too much like Picasa for Linux. Will wait and watch before I get excited about this.

Re: Composite Portraits of Various Kitchens

Mahesh Asolkar — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 13:21:53 -0000

Good for the "I SPY" books!

Re: Google Officially Drop Picasa For Linux

Mahesh Asolkar — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:01:01 -0000

Tried Picasa for Linux when it initially came out, but never used. I use Shotwell and like it.

Re: ChromeOS Split Windows: Kiling SSH and More - Kaleb Hornsby

Mahesh Asolkar — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 11:07:28 -0000

Thanks a bunch for ctrl+shift+w to kill ssh/terminal window!

Re: Breaking the egg, From the exceedingly talented shorlander! :)

Mahesh Asolkar — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 12:43:04 -0000

Very true. And what bothers me further is that the button that enables/disables the filter field is miles from the field. To make it worse, the button is closer to the search field (at least in Linux) than filter field.

Re: Ubuntu TV making its debut at CES, gets short demo clip

Mahesh Asolkar — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:55:16 -0000

Agree, these days, any TV/streaming device could be hard to sell without Netflix/Hulu/Youtube logos.

Re: Developers Suggest Ubuntu Spin Using ‘Gnome-Shell by Default’

Mahesh Asolkar — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:36:22 -0000

I would really like this! Over the past few weeks, I've been using Gnome Shell on Debian and am extremely pleased with it. Especially with Gnome Shell Extensions, the scope for improvement/customization is almost infinite. The approach of having a solid base and customization through extensions feels right at home since I am used to (and like) the Firefox/Thunderbird ecosystem that Mozilla has created.

As much as I like Unity, I feel Unity and Gnome Shell are addressing similar problems in two separate efforts. I would always want to go along an open approach (Gnome Shell) than a proprietary one.

But then again freedom to pick from many alternatives is one of the things that is so appealing about open-source.

I'll complain if Ubuntu keeps me from installing Gnome Shell or makes it really hard to install.

Re: 7 Of The Best Ubuntu Terminal (Fixed Width) Fonts ~ Web Upd8

Mahesh Asolkar — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:16:51 -0000

For sure. Ubuntu Mono is awesome and it has me!

Re: Ubuntu Mono Set As Terminal Font in Ubuntu 11.10

Mahesh Asolkar — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:16:18 -0000

Agreed. But fixed width font is not restricted to Terminal. Most developers (at least the ones I know) use some sort of fixed width font for editing code (in Vi, Emacs, Gedit etc). I am loving Ubuntu Mono in my editor.

Re: CappCon 2011: Success!

Mahesh Asolkar — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:36:57 -0000

CPTextView is expected soon. Any idea how soon?