{"id":289456,"date":"2010-02-07T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-07T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"Gizmodo-5466072"},"modified":"2010-02-07T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-07T15:00:00","slug":"linus-torvalds-loves-his-new-google-nexus-one-linus-torvalds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/289456","title":{"rendered":"Linus Torvalds Loves His New Google Nexus One [Linus Torvalds]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cache.gawker.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/02\/thumb160x_linustorvalds.jpg\" class=\"left image158\" width=\"158\" \/>Self-described cellphone cynic and &#8220;father of Linux&#8221; <a class=\"autolink\" title=\"Click here to read more posts tagged #linustorvalds\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/linustorvalds\/\">Linus Torvalds<\/a> decided to get a Google <a class=\"autolink\" title=\"Click here to read more posts tagged #nexusone\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/nexusone\/\">Nexus One<\/a> the other day. And while the customer service lines <a href=\"http:\/\/news.cnet.com\/8301-30684_3-10430720-265.html\">may be clogged<\/a> over the phone&#8217;s performance, Daddy Linux is positively pleased as punch.<\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, the man who invented the most popular open source operating system in the world is a &#8220;happy camper&#8221; over the fact that this cellphone runs Linux. But Linux alone wasn&#8217;t enough to get Linus on board with the rest of the smartphone crazy 21rst century, no sir. His previous phones, in fact&mdash;the ones he mostly used to &#8220;play Galaga&#8221; on long flights&mdash;also had various versions of Linux, but lacked that certain spark.<\/p>\n<p>Pinch to zoom touch capability and GPS were what finally got Torvalds to commit, and commit he has. The Nexus One &#8220;is a winner&#8221; he wrote yesterday, adding that it no longer feels as though he&#8217;s forced to drag along a cellphone for &#8220;just in case&#8221; emergencies.<\/p>\n<p>So, Google, as you frantically work the phones in that customer support center and stare longingly at <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5465326\/nexus-one-sales-continue-to-lag-just-80000-in-first-month\">other company&#8217;s smartphone sales<\/a>, take some solace in the fact that the Father of Linux is out there, somewhere, playing games on your Linux phone. [<a href=\"http:\/\/torvalds-family.blogspot.com\/2010\/02\/happy-camper.html\">Linus Torvalds<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/laughingsquid\/status\/8737407915\">Laughing Squid<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=7625deed4aee5fb759399dac614c0de6&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=7625deed4aee5fb759399dac614c0de6&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"http:\/\/a.rfihub.com\/eus.gif?eui=2226\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=jem2IaJkExA:j1U8vtDDZQY:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=jem2IaJkExA:j1U8vtDDZQY:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=jem2IaJkExA:j1U8vtDDZQY:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=jem2IaJkExA:j1U8vtDDZQY:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=jem2IaJkExA:j1U8vtDDZQY:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=jem2IaJkExA:j1U8vtDDZQY:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/gizmodo\/full\/~4\/jem2IaJkExA\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Self-described cellphone cynic and &#8220;father of Linux&#8221; Linus Torvalds decided to get a Google Nexus One the other day. And while the customer service lines may be clogged over the phone&#8217;s performance, Daddy Linux is positively pleased as punch. Unsurprisingly, the man who invented the most popular open source operating system in the world is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-289456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289456\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}