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2 stories tagged usenet, newest first.

Screenshot of greenend.org.uk: "The only intuitive interface is the nipple" (2012)

"The only intuitive interface is the nipple" (2012)(greenend.org.uk)

29 points by ibobev 24 days ago | 31 comments

A personal essay tracing the origin of the quote "the only intuitive interface is the nipple" through 1990s Usenet posts attributed to Bruce Ediger and others.

user-interface intuitive-design quotations usenet

Screenshot of lwn.net: The early days of Linux

The early days of Linux (lwn.net)

1199 points by Paul-Craft 3 years ago | 198 comments

LWN article by Lars Wirzenius recounting his memories of the earliest days of Linux and his time with Linus Torvalds at the University of Helsinki.

linux linux-history linus-torvalds university-of-helsinki

#usenet on Hacker News

"The only intuitive interface is the nipple" (2012)(greenend.org.uk)

The early days of Linux(lwn.net)

The early days of Linux (lwn.net)