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Shantanu Goel

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Shantanu Goel writes Shantanu Vs The World, a personal blog at tech.shantanugoel.com about programming and hardware. Since 2009, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 16 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-22, and you can follow it by feed.

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2009–2016first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 10 in 2010

Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN links this blog's 2008 post on Ubuntu versions, in a comment on a thread about learning Angular 2, to explain Ubuntu LTS releases and stability.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 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?

  1. qohen · 2016-09-19
    But, of course, Ubuntu also has LTS (Long Term Support) versions for people who don't want to upgrade frequently (you get security patches and the like but otherwise things stay stable for years). http://tech.shantanugoel.com/2008/05/21/ubuntu-what-exactly-...

    Comment linking /2008/05/21/ubuntu-what-exactly-does-lts-mean.html

    on “Why Learning Angular 2 Was Excruciating”
  2. shantanugoel · 2016-09-17

    Submitted Indian ISP is doing massive dns hijack for all its customers. Blocking bit.ly as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  3. jaspalpost · 2009-05-05

    Submitted Why you shouldn't upgrade to Ubuntu 9.04 as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  4. Shantz · 2010-10-25

    Submitted Is Android Open Source or Not? Let's settle this once and for all. as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  5. shantanugoel · 2013-02-15

    Submitted Apple, Anti-Malware, Patents as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  6. Shantz · 2010-10-01

    Submitted Carrier Billing Behind Android Paid Apps Market Jump? as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  7. Shantz · 2010-09-22

    Submitted Clearing the FUD around Ubuntu Application Review Process as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  8. shantanugoel · 2012-10-17

    Submitted Tasker: Ultimate Night mode detection profile for android. Add salt to taste :) as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  9. fname · 2011-03-21

    Submitted Making Kinect work on the PS3 as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  10. Shantz · 2010-11-22

    Submitted Should Google be scared of Bing replacing it on Android? as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  11. Shantz · 2010-10-25

    Submitted What does caret (^) in Ubuntu's apt-get command mean? as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  12. Shantz · 2010-10-05

    Submitted Android Whammy: New countries + local currency display + "Update All" for all as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  13. Shantz · 2010-10-04

    Submitted WordPress goes berserk as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  14. Shantz · 2010-09-24

    Submitted Setup Call Recording With Android App Tasker On Nexus One as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  15. shantanugoel · 2010-08-13

    Submitted Solving The Android Permissions And Malware Puzzle as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  16. Shantz · 2010-06-14

    Submitted How to debug Android widgets in eclipse as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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