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DesktopLinux: UserLinux: An Important Step

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 18, 2004

“In an article on Vnunet.com, entitled ‘Perens readies
old-school Linux, but who wants it?; readers get another look at
mainstream media bias toward the open-source community. Credit the
Vnunet author for doing what many journalists do — jump on a topic
about which they know little.

“Last January, on my flight to LinuxWorld, a nice married couple
sat next to me on the plane. We exchanged pleasantries and went
back to our magazines. I glanced over at one point and saw the
young man reading my then most recent article in Linux Journal. I
did a double take…”

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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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