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Máirín Duffy

Personal blog · blog.linuxgrrl.comdesignculture

Máirín Duffy's personal blog at blog.linuxgrrl.com covers design and culture. Since 2012, 10 different Hacker News readers have linked it 11 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-03-09, and you can follow it by feed.

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10HN people?
2012–2023first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 3 in 2012

Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN readers link Máirín Duffy's blog for posts on the SELinux coloring book, covering its background, formats, source and licensing, and on the Fedora installer redesign. One commenter calls the installer post an interesting read.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Dearadh Oscailte Abú! (Open Design Forever!)

What Hacker News says?

  1. gvb · 2014-09-14
    Máirín Duffy's blog post on the book with the background, two formats, source, licensing, etc. http://blog.linuxgrrl.com/2014/04/16/the-selinux-coloring-bo...

    Comment linking /2014/04/16/the-selinux-coloring-book/

    on “The SELinux coloring book [pdf]”
  2. DanBC · 2013-04-20

    Submitted Improving the Fedora boot experience as a story · 34 points

    HN discussion
  3. reidrac · 2013-01-24Recommends
    The installer made me feel really stupid. I think the only other UI that has that effect is Calibre's. EDIT: interesting read about the installer redesign: http://blog.linuxgrrl.com/2011/06/16/making-fedora-easier-to...

    Comment linking /2011/06/16/making-fedora-easier-to-use-the-installer-ux-redesign/

    on “Alan Cox – Fedora 18 seems to be the worst Red Hat distro I've ever seen”
  4. user501254 · 2019-01-10

    Submitted Which new Fedora logo design do you prefer? as a story · 13 points

    HN discussion
  5. thinkmassive · 2023-04-11

    Submitted Run an open source-powered virtual conference as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  6. pabs3 · 2021-02-19

    Submitted Software freedom is critical to good UX and vice versa as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  7. type0 · 2016-11-29

    Submitted A logo design process as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  8. gits1225 · 2013-01-08

    Submitted Storage from a UX designer’s perspective as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  9. vgnet · 2012-05-02

    Submitted Spherical Cows [on Fedora names] as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  10. sciurus · 2012-03-13

    Submitted Design from the Gut: Dangerous or Differentiator? as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  11. sciurus · 2012-03-01

    Submitted Fixing Mailing Lists as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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