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Wired: Linux Books for You and Mom

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 1, 2000

“The world truly is going geeky en masse.”

Publishing houses have finally figured out that books on
Linux don’t have to be deadly dull or aimed only at the technical
elite.

“Peter Wayner’s book “Free for All” reveals the human history,
personalities, and politics of the open software community. David
Spector’s “Building Linux Clusters” explains how virtually anyone
can use Linux to set up a supercomputer.”

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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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