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NewsForge: Site Review: LinuxFoo Community Site is a Friendly Haven

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 18, 2004

“Mark Angeli is leading the Linux faithful to a new place: Foo.
LinuxFoo.org is a community site that provides Linux users with a
place to ask advice, share wisdom, rant about flaky software, and
chit-chat about the latest distribution release.

“According to RFC 3092 – Etymology of ‘Foo,’ the word is either
a term of disgust or a ‘sample name for absolutely anything,
especially programs and files…'”

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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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