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Libranet's lesson: you can't keep a good open-source distro down

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Linux-Watch; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols 		Mail this story
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I see a melancholy lesson here. Proprietary code can disappear when its company or creator goes away. With open-source code, however, your work can live on forever.

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helios ·
Aside from PCLinuxOS, Libranet was the longest dwelling distro on this HD. I was and still am friends with many, many members of that community. I cannot speak for all of them, but in talking to a choice few, I can tell you that emotions ran deep when this happened. It ran a parallel to the 5 stages of acceptance in a person's death. Both figuratively and literally.

I hope only the best for this Founding Giant and the loyal, wonderful users of Libranet. I also hope someone can make it happen again.

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