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LWN: PIGLET: Red Hat Linux Beta Release Available Now!

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 10, 2000

[ Thanks to Darryl Householder for this
link. ]

“This is no ordinary pig! Stand back folks, he’s large and live
and ready to rumble. This pig is knocking back CPU loads of 99
whilst having tea and crumpets with Pooh Bear. This bad boy eats
Lizards for breakfast and spits out kernel patches. Approach with
caution, he could be dangerous!…”

“This is a limited time offer, when we run out of bits, they’ll
be gone forever. Don’t miss out folks, the Internet lines are
lighting up, they’re going like hotcakes, and we can’t guarantee
availability on this item for very long! Similar items we have
provided in the past are now going for over a ONE MILLION percent
gain on the original price tag of $0….”

PIGLET is available now for Intel, Sparc and Alpha
architectures.
PIGLET is ONLY available through the Internet,
and ONLY for a limited time!. This is a beta release of Red Hat
Linux, and we don’t encourage using this for mission critical
applications….”

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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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