PsychoCats: Anatomy of a Well-Intentioned Linux Troll

"A troll will always be successful on a Linux forum, and I'm about to explain why. Despite numerous protests of 'Don't feed the trolls' and 'The best thing to do is ignore posts like these,' people will continue to respond to trolls because trolls (like Linux distros) come in different flavors and varieties. One troll in particular seems particularly impassioned and genuine and so always gets responses:

"The 'If I can't use it, nobody can' troll..."

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