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Chicago Tribune: Use Linux to Build a Network

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 31, 2002

“Perhaps you’ve got a few computers around the house — the Mac
that the kids love, the PC that runs Linux in the den, the old NeXT
computer you found at a garage sale and the Windows laptop you take
on the road.

“All are connected to a network, and all access the Internet
flawlessly. You even protected them behind a firewall running
Linux.

“But something is missing from the setup: None of the machines
seem to know how to talk to each other…”


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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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