At ZDNet, Linux is Dangerous and Linux is Also Microsoft
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2020-07-30 18:23:17 UTC
- Modified: 2020-07-30 18:24:08 UTC
Summary: Notice how, as of today at ZDNet, "Linux" is actually Microsoft promotion (even where that has nothing to do with Linux) and WSL is promoted, as it's an attack on GNU/Linux
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