Linux Arising! - Portable Computing | Linux Today

Linux Arising! – Portable Computing

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 5, 1999

Thanks to Larry J. Blunk for
this link.

“Not yet big enough to be called a revolution, the Linux
movement is winning converts among notebook pioneers.”

“Tired of a bloated Windows OS gobbling up system resources in
between crashes, like some visiting brother-in-law from Hell?
Unwilling to plow your hard-won time and money into the withering
Apple tree? Not to mix metaphors, but a third force exists in the
Universe. It’s called Linux.”

Complete
story
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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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