09.19.22
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Posted in Deception, GNU/Linux, Microsoft at 8:35 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: Slashdot used to be a pro-GNU/Linux site; now it’s run by very different people, but many make wrong assumptions about what the site actually is
(“Schneier on Security” seems to have become “Slashdot on Security” lately)
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