Linux/Unix Horror Stories for Halloween | Linux Today

Linux/Unix Horror Stories for Halloween

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 30, 2010

“This time of year, posting Halloween-related articles has been
an informal tradition here at TechSource. For those of you who
missed our old Halloween posts, here is a recap:

* Top 10 Firefox Themes (Skins) for Halloween
* 15 Scariest Tux Icons for Halloween
* Overcoming the Fear of Linux Terminal

“For this Halloween season, I decided to post a few old but
entertaining and somewhat educational Linux/Unix horror stories
that were compiled by Anatoly Ivasyuk. Actually, Anatoly has
created an entire page filled with Unix-related horror stories and
I just picked a few interesting entries to share with you all.
Don’t worry, I will provide you the link to the complete horror
stories page right after my choices. Enjoy!”

Complete
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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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