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How gNewSense Sneaked Back Onto My Laptop

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 21, 2007

[ Thanks to D.C.
Parris
for this link. ]

“In the wee hours of the morning, while I was sleeping soundly,
all snuggled up next to my wife…

“O.k., well, it would be fun to tell you how some gnu-ish
hobbits came along and replaced Debian Lenny with gNewSense-KDE.
But the truth is not nearly so mysterious. For those who may not
recall, I previously gave gNewSense a hard time about the lack of
Gnash support, and then proceeded to go back to Debian, albeit
Debian Lenny (I had been using Etch)…”

Complete
Story

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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