Girls Love Linux | Linux Today

Girls Love Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 28, 2008

“If you think that Linux is only ‘for the boys,’ then think
again. Did you know that there are women-oriented Linux communities
that are created to provide both technical and social support for
women Linux users? The most well known among them is called
LinuxChix, and I’m not kidding. To know more about LinuxChix, I
have collected some interesting facts about them so read on.

“LinuxChix was founded in 1998-99 by Deb Richardson, who was a
technical writer and webmaster at an open source consulting
firm…”

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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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