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The Exponent: Linux Group Promotes Strength, Convenience of Software

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 9, 2005

“There’s a group on Purdue’s campus with a passion for a
penguin. The group is the Purdue Linux Users Group, and the
penguin’s name is Tux.

“Group president James Mahler, a senior in the College of
Science, said Tux is the mascot for Linux, the popular open-source
computer operating system. PLUG is an organization devoted to
working with and better understanding issues that relate to the
series of the programs that make up the system…”


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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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