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Canada Computes: It’s a 2.4 World

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 15, 2001

“Congratulations! If Linux is your life, your life was just
upgraded to 2.4!”

“You can now hold your breath and turn blue waiting for the 2.6
kernel. Thank you, and have a nice day.”

“If, like me, you simply enjoy using Linux, then there’s cause
to have a minor celebration, for a new bundle of Linux joy has been
released into the world by the mighty Mister Torvalds. The e-mail
announcement from Linus was a comedic masterpiece. Can you imagine
Gates doing something like this?”

“Anxiously awaited for the last too many months, 2.4.0 brings to
the table many improvements, none of which come to mind to the
exhausted release manager right now.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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