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Hoosier Penguin: Politics versus Pragmatism

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 8, 2006

“I consider myself a pretty easy going guy, but my recent
adventures in Linux would lead me to pull my hair out… had not
male pattern balding already handled that chore.

“It all started Sunday afternoon, when I decided that I would
upgrade my laptop from Dapper Drake to Edgy Eft. I had the
bandwidth and the time, so I choose to simply edit my sources.list
and apt-get the whole thing while watch my football team handily
defeat a much weaker defensive team.

“That was the plan. But right away things started going
wrong…”

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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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