The Linux Support Call HOWNOTTO | Linux Today

The Linux Support Call HOWNOTTO

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 1, 2008

“Not “My special flowchart says I have to,” just “Linux is
probably reaching out from the hard drive, where it sits as nothing
more than a collection of magnetic potential unkissed by so much as
a single read head, just waiting to influence the hardware before
GRUB can even find it, or the hardware can even acknowledge the
existence of GRUB for that matter (deep breath)… Linux is
reaching out in that manner and wrecking your laptop and it must
come off.”

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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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