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Alex Chiang
Personal blog · chizang.net/alex/blogprogrammingsystems
Alex Chiang writes chizang's blog, a personal blog at chizang.net about programming and systems. Since 2010, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-12-31, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Alex Chiang's blog posts on Linux and Ubuntu, including running Ubuntu on Android and the Nexus 7, Ubuntu 12.10 thin client and remote desktop support, and blocking the Meebo bar on Slate. Commenters cite them as sources.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
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What Hacker News says?
Speaking of annoying ads, this is the page that helped me get rid of the Meebo bar on Slate: http://www.chizang.net/alex/blog/2010/08/19/block-meebo-bar/
Comment linking /alex/blog/2010/08/19/block-meebo-bar/
on “NetFlix: America's Most Underestimated Company”Submitted Memory leaks in ubuntu: episode II, analysis | alex chiang: web 6.0 as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSlight reality check here - I've got an i5 Envy 15 that I bought a month ago, and although it had some problems with Linux for a while, I have no difficulty running it now with Ubuntu 10.04 beta. The issues I'm aware of were: - Touchpad click buttons don't work, forcing you to double-tap to click - Weird BIOS caused both TurboBoost (the Intel extension that powers down cores and speeds up others) and ACPI to fuck up…
Comment linking /alex/blog/2009/12/21/linux-on-the-hp-envy-15/
on “New Core i5/i7 MacBook Pros released”freerdp runs well in Ubuntu today. Additionally, we've baked thin client support into Ubuntu Desktop starting with the most recent release (12.10). Ubuntu for Android is positioned as a fully functional desktop on your phone. I'll leave it up to you to connect the rest of the dots. For some more details, my blog: http://www.chizang.net/alex/blog/2012/09/27/ubuntu-12-10-rem... [speaking individually, not for Canonica…
Comment linking /alex/blog/2012/09/27/ubuntu-12-10-remote-greeter/
on “Ubuntu ported to the Nexus 7”