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I saw a post on Facebook with the great news that System76 will be selling laptop in the Netherlands in October. I hope it’s true!

I  installed Ubuntu 11.04 on my MacBook but then reverted back to Mac OS X in 3 days because I missed some apps and did not have time to search for Linux alternatives. I decided to give it a try again so when Ubuntu 12.04 LTS get’s released next year (April 2012, look at the version number if you didn’t already now) I might buy a System76 laptop. The hardware specs look really good. I don’t think it’s as pretty as a MacBook but I think it will do.

So to be ready to replace my MacBook for a System76 laptop I’m going to start looking for Linux alternatives.

I’m not new to using Ubuntu as a workstation. I use a Ubuntu 10.04 LTS at work, but I don’t use things like Twitter or play music on it. I use my MacBook for that. So I need to find some nice applications to do that. A few years ago I only used Linux and had no MacBook so I’m not new to that either. I got used to do things the Apple Way™. But now I want to do things My Way™. So I suspect I will be missing iTunes. I will be missing some features, but I expect I’ll be discovering features that iTunes doesn’t have. Synchronizing my Android with iTunes feels sub-optimal.

Anyway let’s give Gwibber a try. Twitter for Mac is really good so let’s see if Gwibber is good enough.